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The earth's diameter is 12,756.3 km and its revolution period is 1 year. You probably knew the last fact, but most likely not the first. The Web site Absolutely Astronomy can provide this and a large ...
The Astronomy 161-The Solar System online course is maintained by the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Tennessee. The twenty two chapters cover everything from time and scale in ...
Ricky Leon Murphy decided to create this website when he was working towards a master’s degree in astronomy, and he still keeps it updated regularly, along with the assistance of his wife, Chanthirar....
Two excellent Web sources for following Comet Hyakutake as it approaches Earth are NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) JPL's (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Hyakutake Home Page, and "Nigh...
The Galileo Spacecraft "has detected a thin carbon dioxide atmosphere on Jupiter's moon Callisto, and has confirmed the existence of carbon dioxide on Callisto's surface." This epiphany is very exciti...
Provided by the US Geological Survey Astrology Research Program, the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Web site contains nearly everything you ever wanted to know about naming the physical features ...
The Genesis Mission (last mentioned in the August 14, 2001 Scout Report) has this page of videos about the mission and its progress. Of particular interest is the eleven minute educational vide...
This NASA website supplies numerous education modules about the Genesis spacecraft for kindergarten through twelfth grade students and educators. Users can find online lesson plans, activities, and us...
Scientists at the 30th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference held March 15-19, 1999 in Houston, Texas, have presented support for the theory that the "bulk of the Moon was ripped away from the early ...
In one of the most successful flybys of all time, the NEAR spacecraft passed within 1200 km of asteroid 253 Mathilde on June 27. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has created a websi...
