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Red Giant

This site gives the story of the history of the universe and this page covers red giants.

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http://www.historyoftheuniverse.com/starold.html

How Planet Hunting Works

A brief description of how Planet Hunting works. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com. Description of how planets form. Definition of a planet.

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http://www.howstuffworks.com/planet-hunting.htm
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Red Giant

For stars of less than 4 solar masses, hydrogen burn-up at the center triggers expansion to the red giant phase.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/astro/redgia.html#c1

Where, oh where, does that planet go?

An elementary quiz based on the position and orbits of the planets.

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http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/planet_go.html

How to measure the atmosphere of another planet

Read how spectroscopy is used to determine what makes up the atmosphere of planets

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http://www.weirdwarp.com/2010/03/how-to-measure-the-atmosphere-of-another-planet/

Giant Prism

Instructions on how to make a giant prism

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http://www.amasci.com/amateur/pris.txt

Detect The Jupiter Like Planet Around Three Stars

Details of how large planets have been detected around three other solar type stars. Understanding Doppler wobble aided by an exercise.

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http://zebu.uoregon.edu/nsf/wobble.html

Welcome to the Planets

a selection of the "best images" of planets (minor planets etc, and instruments) from NASA.

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http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/Pictures/planets/

Planet Science

Planet Science contains lots of great articles and activities in all areas of science plus some brilliant little games.

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http://www.planet-science.com/

Kepler’s Tally of Planets

A really interesting data visualisation of all the planets Kepler has found, complete with information about their size, temperature, and distance and period of orbit.

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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/science/space/keplers-tally-of-planets.html
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