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Planet of the Apes Revisited: The Role of the Chicago Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America by Joe Russo, Larry Landsman, et all 2001-08-11
Lonely Planet Boston City Map (Lonely Planet City Maps) by Lonely Planet, 2000-07
Lonely Planet Calendar 2010 by Lonely Planet, 2009-06-01
Celestial Mechanics. a Survey of the Status of the Determinationof the General Perturbations of the Minor Planets by National Research Council . Mechanics, 2010-01-08
One Planet (General Pictorial) by Lonely Planet, 2003-09-01
A new method of determining the general perturbations of the minor planets. With numerical example ... by William McKnight Ritter, 2010-08-19
One Planet: Inspirational Travel Photographs
Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets (Greenwood Guides to the Universe) by Andrew S. Rivkin, 2009-10-15
Lonely Planet Unpacked by Lonely Planet, 1999-10-01
Cosmic Dances of the Planets by Robert Powell, Lacquanna Paul, 2006-10-30
Lonely Planet Martinique: Dominique Et Sainte-Lucie : Guide De Voyage (Lonely Planet Travel Guides French Edition) by Lonely Planet, 1997-10
Lonely Planet's Best Ever Travel Tips (General Reference) by Tom Hall, 2010-03-01
The Amazon: Amazonian Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas (Lonely Planet CUSTOM Guide) by Lonely Planet, 2008-10-07
British Language & Culture (Lonely Planet Language & Culture) (Language Reference) by Lonely Planet, 2007-03-01

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Comets
the Sun is also likely to either impact one of the planets or the Sun or to slick site with lots of info about Comet HaleBopp and comets in general
http://www.nineplanets.org/comets.html

Extractions: Unlike the other small bodies in the solar system, comets have been known since antiquity. There are Chinese records of Comet Halley going back to at least 240 BC. The famous Bayeux Tapestry , which commemorates the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, depicts an apparition of Comet Halley. As of 1995, 878 comets have been cataloged and their orbits at least roughly calculated. Of these 184 are periodic comets (orbital periods less than 200 years); some of the remainder are no doubt periodic as well, but their orbits have not been determined with sufficient accuracy to tell for sure. Comets are sometimes called dirty snowballs or "icy mudballs". They are a mixture of ices (both water and frozen gases) and dust that for some reason didn't get incorporated into planets when the solar system was formed. This makes them very interesting as samples of the early history of the solar system. When they are near the Sun and active, comets have several distinct parts: nucleus : relatively solid and stable, mostly ice and gas with a small amount of dust and other solids;
Calendar Conversion Program Kairos; Font And Keyboard Utilities
commercial, demo available Win95/98/NT Includes calendars required by historians of astronomy and general historians. Many details are provided for Indian and Jewish calendars and much besides. There is also a display of positions of the Sun, Moon and planets, effectively replacing Tuckerman's tables. A horoscope display, and details of lunar visibility, are calculated from modern parameters.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/raymondm
Hypothetical Planets
One general is said to have asked Is he sure they re natural? . A Russiangeneral named Alexander Garnowsky suggested four hypothetical planets but
http://www.nineplanets.org/hypo.html

Extractions: There have been a number of objects that were once thought to exist by astronomers, but which later 'vanished'. Here are their stories. The French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier , co-predictor with J.C. Adams of the position of Neptune before it was seen, in a lecture at 2 Jan 1860 announced that the problem of observed deviations of the motion of Mercury could be solved by assuming an intra-Mercurial planet, or possibly a second asteroid belt inside Mercury's orbit. The only possible way to observe this intra-Mercurial planet or asteroids was if/when they transited the Sun, or during total solar eclipses. Prof. Wolf at the Zurich sunspot data center, found a number of suspicious "dots" on the Sun , and another astronomer found some more. A total of two dozen spots seemed to fit the pattern of two intra-Mercurial orbits, one with a period of 26 days and the other of 38 days.
The Sun
general information, some statistical data and links.
http://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html

Extractions: This 'road map' of the solar system is the definitive guide for planetary science. Our Sun is a normal main-sequence star, one of more than 100 billion stars in our galaxy. diameter km mass kg ... K (surface) 15,600,000 K (core) The Sun is by far the largest object in the solar system. It contains more than 99.8% of the total mass of the Solar System ( Jupiter contains most of the rest). It is often said that the Sun is an "ordinary" star. That's true in the sense that there are many others similar to it. But there are many more smaller stars than larger ones; the Sun is in the top 10% by mass. The median size of stars in our galaxy is probably less than half the mass of the Sun. The Sun is personified in many mythologies: the Greeks called it Helios and the Romans called it Sol The Sun is, at present, about 70%
GCSE PHYSICS The Planets - General Information - Picture Of The Solar System -
The planets. A planet is a natural satellite of a. To see this part of the siteyou need to become a member. Click on the link below to see how quick and
http://www.gcsescience.com/pun3.htm
Saturn
general information, some statistical data and links.
http://www.nineplanets.org/saturn.html

Extractions: This road map of the solar system contains lots of maps and data as well as photos. In Roman mythology , Saturn is the god of agriculture. The associated Greek god, Cronus , was the son of Uranus and Gaia and the father of Zeus (Jupiter). Saturn is the root of the English word "Saturday" (see Appendix 5 Saturn has been known since prehistoric times. Galileo was the first to observe it with a telescope in 1610; he noted its odd appearance but was confused by it. Early observations of Saturn were complicated by the fact that the Earth passes through the plane of Saturn's
JUPITER - ENCHANTED LEARNING SOFTWARE
Atmosphere and Planetary Composition Great Red SpotJupiter is the fifth and largest planet in our solar system. general
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/jupiter/

Extractions: Description Atmosphere and Planetary Composition Great Red Spot ... Activities, Web Links Jupiter is the fifth and largest planet in our solar system. This gas giant has a thick atmosphere, 39 known moons, and a dark, barely-visible ring. Its most prominent features are bands across its latitudes and a great red spot (which is a storm).
Earth
general information, some statistical data and links.
http://www.nineplanets.org/earth.html

Extractions: A beautiful coffee table book . Kids often ask me which is my favorite planet. My answer is always "Earth". This book shows why. Earth is the only planet whose English name does not derive from Greek/Roman mythology. The name derives from Old English and Germanic. There are, of course, hundreds of other names for the planet in other languages . In Roman Mythology, the goddess of the Earth was Tellus - the fertile soil (Greek: Gaia terra mater - Mother Earth). It was not until the time of Copernicus (the sixteenth century) that it was understood that the Earth is just another planet. Mir space station and Earth's limb Earth, of course, can be studied without the aid of spacecraft. Nevertheless it was not until the twentieth century that we had maps of the entire planet. Pictures of the planet taken from space are of considerable importance; for example, they are an enormous help in weather prediction and especially in tracking and predicting hurricanes. And they are extraordinarily beautiful.
SATURN - ENCHANTED LEARNING SOFTWARE
Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun in our solar system. It is the secondlargestplanet in our solar system. general INFORMATION ON SATURN
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/saturn/

Extractions: Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun in our solar system. It is the second-largest planet in our solar system (Jupiter is the largest). It has beautiful rings that are made mostly of ice chunks (and some rock) that range in size from the size of a fingernail to the size of a car. Saturn is made mostly of hydrogen and helium gas. Saturn is the most oblate (flattened) planet in our Solar System. It has a equatorial diameter of 74,898 miles (120,536 km) (at the cloud tops) and a polar diameter of 67,560 miles (108,728 km). This is a difference of about 10%. Saturn's flattened shape is probably caused by its fast rotation and its gaseous composition.
Pluto
Guide with both general and statistical data.
http://www.nineplanets.org/pluto.html

Extractions: Hardcopy Pluto and Charon A history of what we've learned about Pluto from ground by Dr. Alan Stern, principal investigator on the upcoming New Horizons mission to Pluto. Encyclopedia of the Solar System A more scholarly introduction the planetary science for those who want to dig a little deeper. Pluto is the farthest planet from the Sun (usually) and by far the smallest. Pluto is smaller than seven of the solar system's moons (the Moon Io Europa Ganymede ... Titan and Triton orbit : 5,913,520,000 km (39.5 AU ) from the Sun (average) diameter : 2274 km mass : 1.27e22 kg In Roman mythology, Pluto (Greek: Hades ) is the god of the underworld. The planet received this name (after many other suggestions ) perhaps because it's so far from the Sun that it is in perpetual darkness and perhaps because "PL" are the initials of Percival Lowell Pluto was discovered in 1930 by a fortunate accident. Calculations which later turned out to be in error had predicted a planet beyond Neptune , based on the motions of Uranus and Neptune. Not knowing of the error
Astrospacecosmos Astronomy Stars Planets
A general information site for those who have a beginner's curiosity about the stars and planets
http://users.pandora.be/benastro

Extractions: Astro news Comets Starmap Nebulae ... Asteroids E xplore the Universe This ghostly apparition is actually an interstellar cloud caught in the process of destruction by strong radiation from a nearby hot star. This haunting picture from the Hubble telescope shows a cloud y illuminated by light from the bright star Merope. Located in the Pleiades star cluster, the cloud is called IC 349 or Barnard's Merope Nebula. Click on the images for a bigger one Galaxy NGC 1300 is often touted as being the most spectacular example of a barred spiral galaxy . Galaxy NGC 1300 is a barred spiral galaxy located some 69 million light years away toward the constellation Eridanus. NGC 1300 does not have an active nucleus, however, indicating either that there is no black hole present now. The European Space Agency T he European Space Agency is Europes gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europes space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the people of Europe Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
Introduction And FAQ
The Nine planets is a collection of information about our Solar System intendedfor a general audience with little technical background.
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/intro.html

Extractions: Introduction and FAQ The Nine Planets is a collection of information about our Solar System intended for a general audience with little technical background. No special expertise or knowledge is needed; all technical and astronomical terms and proper names are defined in the glossary . The bulk of this material should be familiar to planetary scientists and astronomers but they may find a few interesting tidbits, too. This site consists of about pages, one page for each major body in the Solar System. Each page has: To truly justify the title of "Multimedia Tour", I've also included: short sound clips from Holst 's The Planets (about 10 seconds or 180k each) for seven of the planets;
Darwin Home Page - Space Infrared Interferometer - Planet Finding Mission
Designed for general astrophysics and search for signs of life on Earthlike planets orbiting nearby stars. It is a candidate cornerstone 9 for a European Space Agency mission in 2015.
http://ast.star.rl.ac.uk/darwin/

Extractions: Aims: Characterising planetary systems orbiting nearby stars Searching for signs of life on any Earth-like planets found Performing general astrophysics The European Space Agency has selected the "InfraRed Space Interferometer - Darwin" as a mission for its Horizons 2000 programme. Selection of a launch date, probably at or after 2015, will be made on cost, science and technology grounds sometime before then. These pages give some information on this project, and thus are supplementry to the official ESA Darwin website. See also ESA Science and ESA RSSD Astrophysics A description of the interferometer and the science may be found in the mission page. Darwin spacecraft Detecting Venus, Earth, and Mars 30 light-years away Detecting life on an Earth-like planet 30 light-years away Caption
The Planets For Kids
A studentbased website focusing on general information about the planets, moon, and sun.
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/fitzgerald/99/planets.htm
Twelveplanets.com
Daily horoscopes and general sun sign information.
http://www.twelveplanets.com/

Extractions: Sunday September 25 2005 Zodiac Signs Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer ... Pisces Miscellaneous Daily Horoscope Birth Month Books Chinese Zodiac ... Zodiac Match Guest Book Sign Guest Book View Guest Book What zodiac sign are you? Sign Month Aries March 21 -April 20 Taurus April 21 - May 20 Gemini May 21 - June 20 Cancer June 21 - July 20 Leo July 21 - Aug 21 Virgo Aug 22 - Sept 22 Libra Sept 23 - Oct 22 Scorpio Oct 23 - Nov 22 Sagittarius Nov 23 - Dec 20 Capricorn Dec 21 - Jan 19 Aquarius Jan 20 - Feb 18 Pisces Feb 19 - March 20
WebStars: Astrophysics In Cyberspace
Highlights include general information, images of the impact, It has beenextracted from the Welcome to the planets program distributed on the
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/outreach/webstars.html
Springer - Your Publishers Of Books, Journals, And Electronic Media
An international journal concerned with the broadest range of dynamical astronomy and its applications, as well as with peripheral fields. The papers published include treatments of the mathematical, physical and computational aspects of planetory theory, lunar theory, general and special perturbation theory, ephemerides, resonance theory, geodesy of the Earth and the planets, dynamics, the 3body problem, the N-body problem, space mechanics, ring systems, galactic dynamics, reference frames, time, relativity, nongravitational forces, computer methods, computer languages for analytical developments, and database management.
http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0923-2958
Open Course : Astronomy : Introduction : Lecture 5 : Motion Of The Planets
Mercury and Venus (the inner planets) have smaller orbits than the Earth, whileMars, This implied that Kepler s Third Law was a general principle.
http://www.opencourse.info/astronomy/introduction/05.motion_planets/
Cyprus, Astronomy, Space, Telescopes, Planets, Moon, Solar System
Java applets of the solar system and the moon's current phase; comprehensive illustrated information about the planets, comets, nebulae, meteors and other phenomenon; monthly nightsky data; links; a forum; latest club and general news, and membership information.
http://www.cyprusastronomy.com/

Extractions: Our site in a glance Choose from the list About Astronomy Andromeda Galaxy M31 Annual Meteor Shower Articles Asteroids Astronomical Glossary Astronomical Tables Astrophotography Definitions Astrophotography Links Astrophotography Astrophotography Basics August Event Astro-News Before Buying A Telescope Black Holes Choosing the Right Telescope Comets Constellations Contact us Equipment Events from the past Events Explore Fireballs and Meteorite Galaxy
SPACE.com -- 30 Billion Earths? New Estimate Of Exoplanets In Our Galaxy
If one includes rocky planets in general, like Mercury, Venus and Mars, thenthey are probably more common than Jupiters, he said.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/jupiter_typical_020128.html

Extractions: Chances are you haven't spent a whole lot of time wondering how many Jupiter-like planets exist in our galaxy. But Charley Lineweaver has, because it bears on a more important question: How many potentially habitable planets are there? New calculations by Lineweaver and Daniel Grether, both of the University of New South Wales in Australia, provide an encouraging answer to this question. The researchers expect a flood of Jupiters will be found, perhaps 50 percent more than currently expected. Each such discovery would be significant in the hunt for planets that could harbor life. Why? Because much of the evolution of our own solar system, including the formation of Earth, was orchestrated or affected by Jupiter, the largest planet with by far the bulk of the solar system's mass, excepting the Sun, of course. "Our solar system is Jupiter and a bunch of junk," as Lineweaver puts it.

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