| Our Solar System
Our
Solar System
consists of Nine Planets that we Know of or
recognize... |
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
- Mars
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Uranus
- Neptune
- Pluto
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Are there others???
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Inner
Planets
Inferior
Planets |
The first four planets
out from the sun are referred to as the
Inner Planets
...They are also known as the Terrestrial Planets
The planets between Earth and the
Sun are also known as the Inferior Planets |
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Outer
Planets |
The rest of the planets
are the Outer Planets |
Superior
Planets |
- The planets farther
out from the Sun than the Earth are also known as the Superior Planets |
Gas
Giants |
- The outer planets
(other
than Pluto) are called the Gas Giants |
Jovian
Planets |
- The outer
planets (other than Pluto) are also called the
Jovian Planets
after Jove, another name for Jupiter, by
Jove! |
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Other Solar System Objects
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Then, there are the
Other
Solar System Objects, such as
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Orbits |
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Planets orbit around the sun in ellipses. |
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Click the following links for more information... |
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Solar System Models |
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Our
Moon |
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Impact Potential |
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Spacecraft
and Planetary Exploration |
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Planetary Alignments : . : .
: . . ? ? ? |
The Planetary Alignment of 5 May 2000
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Weren't we supposed to be destroyed, or something???? |
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Other Planets??? |
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Other Solar Systems???
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The Nine Planets ExtraSolar Page
("Extrasolar" meaning "solar" systems
around other stars, that is, other Planetary Systems) |
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11/04/2007 |
