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	APOD: Glossary
		These objects are now well known to modern astronomers to be among the brightest and most striking gaseous nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies.
		Objects on Messier's list are still referred to by their "Messier number".
		For example the Andromeda Galaxy, the 31st object on the list, is known as M31.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/lib/glossary.html (1562 words)

	List of Solar system objects by mass - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Objects of mass between 1 Zg and 1000 Zg.
		Objects of mass between 1 Eg and 1000 Eg.
		Several large objects (such as 2003 UB 31 Euphrosyne, 65 Cybele, 52 Europa, 28978 Ixion, and 90482 Orcus) are not listed because their masses on not yet given on their main articles.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/l/i/s/List_of_solar_system_objects_by_mass.html (324 words)

	Solar System / Planets K-12 Experiments for Lesson Plans & Science Fair Projects
		The inner solar system was too warm for volatile molecules like water and methane to condense, and so the planetesimals which formed there were relatively small (comprising only 0.6% the mass of the disc) and composed largely of compounds with high melting points, such as silicates and metals.
		This great mass of up to a trillion icy objects, currently hypothetical, is believed to be the source for all long-period comets and to surround the solar system like a shell from 50,000 to 100,000 AU beyond the Sun, or almost a quarter the distance to the next star system.
		The immediate galactic neighborhood of the solar system is known as the Local Fluff, an area of dense cloud in an otherwise sparse region known as the Local Bubble, an hourglass-shaped cavity in the interstellar medium roughly 300 light-years across.
	www.juliantrubin.com /encyclopedia/astronomy/solarsystem.html (7316 words)

	Pluto - Crystalinks
		Mass and Size Astronomers, assuming Pluto to be Lowell's Planet X, initially calculated its mass on the basis of its presumed effect on Neptune and Uranus.
		In 1955, Pluto was calculated to be roughly the mass of the Earth, with further calculations in 1971 bringing the mass down to roughly that of Mars.
		Among the objects of the Solar System, Pluto is not only smaller and much less massive than any planet, but at less than 0.2 lunar masses it is also smaller than seven of the moons: Ganymede, Titan, Callisto, Io, the Moon, Europa and Triton.
	www.crystalinks.com /pluto.html (5541 words)

	Solar system (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In broad terms, the solar system consists of the Sun, eight bodies in relatively unique orbits (commonly called planets or major planets) and two belts of smaller objects (which can be called minor planets, planetoids, meteoroids, planetesimals or, in the case of Pluto, planets).
		In the outer regions of this solar nebula, ice and volatile gases were able to survive, and as a results, the inner planets formed minerals and are rocky, and the outer planets were massive enough to attract gases.
		Before the discovery of 2060 Chiron and the trans-Neptunian objects, the term "minor planet" was a synonym for asteroid, but many people now prefer to restrict the use of "asteroid" to refer to rocky bodies of the inner solar system.
	abcworld.net /Solar_system.html (4482 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		SOLAR SYSTEM, Stellar-planetary unit consisting of the sun; the nine planets and their satellites; asteroids, and meteoroids and, comets; and interplanetary dust and gas.
		The boundary between the solar system and interstellar space-called the heliopause-is estimated to occur near 100 AU.
		Through the end of the 1980s, this solar system was the only planetary system known to exist, although a number of relatively nearby stars had been found to be encircled by swarms of orbiting material of indeterminate size or to be accompanied by suspected brown dwarfs.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/space/solarsystem.html (1892 words)

	List of solar system objects by mass
		This list is incomplete because the masses of many asteroids are not accurately known.
		The mass of 20000 Varuna was estimated based on values given at [1] (http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/varuna.html) for its diameter and density.
		Several large objects (90377 Sedna, 28978 Ixion, 50000 Quaoar, and (90482) 2004 DW) are not listed because they are not well-studied.
	www.askfactmaster.com /List_of_solar_system_objects_by_mass (147 words)

	List of solar system objects by mass - Space Wiki - a Wikia wiki
		This list is incomplete because the masses of many minor planets are not accurately known.
		The mass of 20000 Varuna was estimated based on values given at [1] for its diameter and density.
		Several large objects (such as (136472) 2005 FY and 28978 Ixion) are not listed because their masses are not yet given on their main articles.
	space.wikia.com /wiki/List_of_solar_system_objects_by_mass (677 words)

	List of solar system objects by radius - Space Wiki - a Wikia wiki
		This is a list of solar system objects by radius, arranged in descending order of mean volumetric radius.
		This list is not exhaustive; it contains the Sun, the planets, several natural satellites, and a number of other notable objects.
		The ordering is not the same as the order of a list of solar system objects by mass because some objects are denser than others.
	space.wikia.com /wiki/List_of_solar_system_objects_by_radius (327 words)

	Solar System Extrema
		Here are listed the largest, brightest and densest of the major bodies in the solar system and those with best prospects for life.
		There are 17 bodies in the solar system whose radius is greater than 1000 km.
		This composite shows Earth and the remaining 11 large solar system objects at a scale of 100 km/pixel.
	www.nineplanets.org /datamax.html (433 words)

	Solar System Objects other than Sun or Earth Resources
		According to this Programme a system of ten core spacecraft of the listed above agencies is spatially distributed between the L1 and L2 Sun-Earth libration points to study solar-terrestrial relationship.
		The studies of planets and other solar system bodies are described on a base of the researches in Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Physics of Fessenkov Astrophysical Institute (Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan).
		Its fundamental mission is to promote and coordinate basic research on the understanding of the origin, structure, and evolution of the Earth, the Solar System, and the Universe, and on the prediction of future changes, as they affect human life.
	cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr /astroweb/planetary.html (3599 words)

	Joint Discussions - Astronomy 2006 - IAU XXVIth General Assembly
		JD01 - COSMIC PARTICLE ACCELERATION - FROM SOLAR SYSTEM TO AGNs
		Mass and energy return to the interstellar medium from massive stars
		The most recent astrometric models for precession, nutation, light deflection, relativistic transformation to the Solar system and the Earth, etc.
	www.astronomy2006.com /joint-discussions.php (2475 words)

	Pluto...Astroppo.com
		Because Pluto is also the smallest planet in our solar system and has a highly eccentric orbit (which takes it inside the orbit of Neptune) there has been some debate regarding whether Pluto should be classified as a planet (see below for details).
		In the following decades estimates of Pluto's mass and diameter were the subject of debate as telescopes and imaging systems improved.
		Sedna could be the largest object yet discovered in the solar system since Pluto in 1930.
	www.astroppo.com /pluto.html (2197 words)

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		Solar system - The solar system comprises our Sun and the retinue of celestial objects gravitationally bound to it.
		New to this edition are descriptions of collisions in the solar system, full scientific results from Galileo's mission to Jupiter nine planet solar system and its moons, nine planet solar system and the Mars Pathfinder mission.
	www.worldwindtech.com /nineplanetsolarsystem.html (1134 words)

	Solar
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		Solar flare, eruptions from the surface of the Sun
		Solar sail, a device to move through outer space using light pressure
	articles.gourt.com /en/solar (185 words)

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		This cycle allows the mass to store heat for the winter and cool during the summer, creating an optimal and comfortable living environment.
		Most people with high mass solar heating systems are able to keep their windows open much later in the early winter than those with conventional heating.
		The fresh air is a real bonus for those with high mass systems, especially in locations like Minnesota and Wisconsin where most buildings are closed-up for over half of the year.
	www.ips-solar.com /high_mass.htm (546 words)

	Pluto
		Trans-Neptunian objects are considered to be minor planets, so the question arose whether to consider Pluto to be one too.
		Some argue that an astronomical object more than about 360 km in diameter, at which point the object has a tendency to become round under its own gravity, should be known as a major planet; this would include several moons and a handful of asteroids.
		This caused its discoverers to call it as the "10th planet" of the solar system, although there is no consensus yet on whether to call it a planet, and others consider the new discovery to be the strongest argument yet for demoting Pluto to the status of a minor planet.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Astro/Pluto.html (3504 words)

	SPACE.com -- Strange Miniature 'Solar Systems' Revealed
		The newfound small object orbits the pulsar at a distance equal to that from the Sun to the asteroid belt, which is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
		Wobbles induced by the gravity of the orbiting objects causes slight perturbations in the pulsations.
		And, it is becoming evident that planet formation as it is thought to have happened in our solar system may occur in a similar manner in significantly different environments.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/miniature_solarsys_050207.html (1180 words)

	PSRD: Triggering the Formation of the Solar System
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		Their presence in our solar system indicates that cloud collapse began within a few tens of thousand of years of isotope formation.
		This implies that it formed in a supernova and that the supernova debris was mixed uniformly in the material from which the solar system formed.
	www.psrd.hawaii.edu /May03/SolarSystemTrigger.html (2042 words)

	Detecting extrasolar planets and black holes
		orbiting objects in the system, and the orientation of the orbits relative to Earth.
		approximately 3 solar masses; the upper limit to white dwarf masses is 1.4 solar masses; the
		upper limit to brown dwarf masses is 0.8 solar masses; the upper limit to planetary masses is
	www.phy.duke.edu /~kolena/invisible.html (1366 words)

	Solar System
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		How heavy an object is relative to its size; the ratio of mass to volume.
	www.edhelper.com /SolarSystem1028.htm (833 words)

	CBC News In Depth: Solar System
		It took almost two years to come up with the not inelegant definition that any mostly round space object that is at least 800 kilometres in diameter, orbits the sun and has a mass roughly one-12,000th that of Earth is a planet.
		The many — perhaps several hundred thousand — "smaller solar system bodies" like identifiable comets and asteroids whose banal characterization aptly depicts the void that is the human imagination.
		Saturn, the one with the distinctive ring, is the second-largest planet (120,000 km in diameter) in the solar system and also a massive hunk of gas.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/solarsystem (1986 words)

	The Solar System: The Sun
		The Sun (Sol) is the star that the planets and comets in our solar system orbit around.
		The Sun is spectacular when viewed using a solar filter or dedicated solar scope for sunspots and prominences.
		For a list of solar eclipses, see Upcoming solar eclipses.
	www.go-astronomy.com /solar-system/the-sun.htm (60 words)

	solar system
		For simplistically sake let's create a very small system to see what needs to be done.
		If you have other custom solar systems, look to them for examples.
		All the planets you created should appear in the camera object list.There are no planet textures yet so all the planets will appear white.
	www.eharm.net /shop/freeware/orbiter/tutorials/solar_system/solar_system.html (774 words)

	Bad Astronomy Blog » Congratulations! It’s a planet!
		We designate this category of planetary objects, of which Pluto is the prototype, as a new class that we call “plutons”.
		It is large enough to significantly move the centre of revolution of the system from the parent body’s axis.
		A planet that leaves a solar system will be an escaped planet just as a moon that leaves a planetary system is an escaped moon.
	www.badastronomy.com /bablog/2006/08/15/congratulations-its-a-planet (13207 words)

	The Telson Spur: Field Nodes -- Solar System (4): Small Bodies
		DESCRIPTION: The fourth of four pages on The Solar System (one of the Field Nodes comprising the subject tree of The Telson Spur), this page is a list of links to on-line resources on small bodies (asteroids, comets, and meteors).
		The coordinate pages, with a common header and List of Contents, contain links to on-line resources on the study of the solar system in general (including solar physics and planetary science), on the planets, and on the study of the Earth as a planet (including Earth observation and lunar science).
		Dynamical models of Kuiper Belt dust in the inner and outer Solar System (Amaya Moro-Martin and Renu Malhotra, Astrophysical J 125:1255, 2003; astro-ph/0506703, 28 Jun 2005)
	www.snark.org /sb.htm (5037 words)

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