The Nine Planets

Summer nights, camping under the stars, what wonderful summer vacation it was. But while looking at those stars, have you ever wondered about them? Especially the ones closest to the Earth. I mean the other planets that go around the sun with us, as well as their moons.

They are the subject of the FamSite today. Called The Nine Planets, this site is a multimedia tour of our solar system. From Mercury, the closest to the sun, to Pluto, the most distant. Anything and everything you could want to know about them is here. It contains a lot of great pictures, as well as links to other space related sites. The amount of information contained here is just what any budding Carl Sagan or Isaac Asimov needs to spur their interest in science. It is a site that deserves a bookmark in the educational section of your browser.

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html