our solar system. these photographs are taken from the nasa space missions
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Our Solar SystemOur Solar System
These photographs are taken from the NASA These photographs are taken from the NASA space missions.space missions.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/
Our SunOur Sun
Microsoft Clip Art
Solar Eclipse 2001Solar Eclipse 2001
Transit time: 3 hours in Lusaka, Zambia
Total eclipse: 2 sec. short of 3 minutes
Photos of sun taken at 4 different wavelengths of Photos of sun taken at 4 different wavelengths of ultraviolet ultraviolet
Mariner 10Mariner 10to Venus & Mercuryto Venus & Mercury
MercuryMercury
photographic photographic mosaicmosaic
Mercury Mercury withwith SunSun behind itbehind it..
Photographs of the surface of Photographs of the surface of MercuryMercury
Magellan Magellan SpacecraftSpacecraft
10 August 1990 10 August 1990
VenusVenus
Venus -- Venus -- ultraviolet ultraviolet photographphotograph
• The following sketch was taken from the Jet The following sketch was taken from the Jet Propulsion Lab’s websitePropulsion Lab’s website
• http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.htmlhttp://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
Ben Zalewski Nov. 2006
• Nicolas Copernicus published the theory Nicolas Copernicus published the theory that planets revolve around the sun.that planets revolve around the sun.
1473 -- 1543
Photographs of the Planets
Our Moon
EarthEarthphotograph from photograph from
Apollo 16Apollo 16
Gulf of California
Galileo SpacecraftGalileo Spacecraft
Australia from GalileoAustralia from Galileo
Earth & Moon Earth & Moon fromfrom Galileo Galileo
Earthrise – Apollo 8Earthrise – Apollo 8
Our MoonOur Moon
Color photograph
Apollo 17Apollo 17
SchmittSchmitt
Copernicus Crater Copernicus Crater fromfrom Hubble Hubble
90 km
Moon: dark sideMoon: dark sidefrom Russian Luna3from Russian Luna3
New Moon New Moon 10 June 200210 June 2002
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