This is an interactive book that present some resouces for educational means of children, teenagers and adults regarding our solar system. It includes an animation whic gives details about the size, the speed and the distance to the sun of each planet. It also includes videos of the rotation of each planet, scientific facts, images and links to external resources that complement the knowledge about the sun and the planets.
- Solar System Animation
- The Sun
- The Structure and Composition of the Sun
- Composition of the Sun’s Atmosphere
- The Layers of the Sun beneath the Visible Surface
- The Solar Photosphere
- The Chromosphere
- The Transition Region
- The Corona
- The Solar Wind
- Link to Learning
- The Solar Cycle
- Sunspots
- The Sunspot Cycle
- Link to Learning
- Magnetism and the Solar Cycle
- Link to Learning
- Solar Activity above the Photosphere
- Plages and Prominences
- Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections
- Link to Learning
- Active Regions
- Mercury
- Mercury’s Orbit
- Composition and Structure
- Mercury’s Strange Rotation
- Making Connections
- Link to Learning
- The Surface of Mercury
- Link to Learning
- The Origin of Mercury
- Link to Learning
- Venus
- Spacecraft Exploration of Venus
- Probing Through the Clouds of Venus
- Craters and the Age of the Venus Surface
- Volcanoes on Venus
- Tectonic Activity
- On Venus’ Surface
- The Massive Atmosphere of Venus
- Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere
- Surface Temperature on Venus
- Earth
- Earth’s Interior
- Magnetic Field and Magnetosphere
- Earth’s Crust
- Composition of the Crust
- Plate Tectonics
- Link to Learning
- Link to Learning
- Rift and Subduction Zones
- Fault Zones and Mountain Building
- Volcanoes
- Link to Learning
- Earth’s Atmosphere
- Structure of the Atmosphere
- Link to Learning
- Atmospheric Composition and Origin
- Weather and Climate
- Mars
- Spacecraft Exploration of Mars
- Link to Learning
- Martian Samples
- Global Properties of Mars
- Martian Cracks and Canyons
- Link to Learning
- The View on the Martian Surface
- Water and Life on Mars
- Atmosphere and Clouds on Mars
- Link to Learning
- The Polar Caps
- Channels and Gullies on Mars
- Ancient Lakes and Glaciers
- Link to Learning
- Climate Change on Mars
- The Search for Life on Mars
- Making Connections
- Link to Learning
- Jupiter
- Enter the Orbiters: Galileo and Juno
- Basic Characteristics
- Link to Learning
- Clouds and Atmospheric Structure
- Giant Storms
- Saturn
- Cassini Mission
- Basic Characteristics
- Atmospheric Structure
- Link to Learning
- Uranus
- Neptune
- Atmospheric Structure
- Giant Storms
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