Solar System Data


This is a neat page I completely stole off of my good friend John ("JD") deBoer. He knows this.

The Sun

Mercury

Venus

The Earth
The Moon

Mars

Asteroids

Jupiter
Jovian Satellites
Jovian Rings

Saturn
Saturnian Satellites
Saturnian Rings

Uranus
Uranian Satellites
Uranian Rings

Neptune
Neptunian Satellites
Neptunian Rings

Pluto & Charon

Chiron

Comets

Glossary


The data in these pages were obtained for the most part from:
The Planetary Fact Sheets at NSSDC
The Nine Planets, a multimedia tour of the solar system, by Bill Arnett, and
The Astronomical Almanac

Here's a wonderful description of Inner Space, and the limits of Outer Space.

This is a list of all the planet names, who named them, and where the names come from.


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