Article: solar system
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ......other parts of the solar system are discussed in...Mercury , Venus , earth , Mars , Jupiter...distance in the solar system is the astronomical...distance between the earth and the sun. The...dominant force in the solar system; the forces exerted...viewed from above the ...

Article: Solar System, Water in the
Water:Science and Issues;      700+ words ......covered by water, Earth is unique in the solar system. Earth is the only planet...throughout the solar system. Why is water so abundant on Earth? The answer lies...is one of the Earth's closest neighbors in the solar system, it has been...

Article: age and early evolution of the Earth and Solar System
The Oxford Companion to the Earth;      700+ words ......evolution of the Earth and Solar System One of the...age of the Earth. Radiometric...development of the Solar System It is almost...the age of Solar System (and also the age of the Earth). The favoured...scenario for the Solar System requires...

Article: Alien planet. (Hubble Space Telescope identifies TMR-1C, first photograph of planet outside solar system)(Brief Article)
Science World;  September 21, 1998 ;     252 words ......planet beyond our solar system--the first visible...light-years from Earth. (A light-year is...life outside the solar system are thrilled by...smaller planets like Earth that can support...After all, our solar system contains both gas...rocky planets, like Earth ...

Article: First fuzzy photos of planets outside solar system
AP Online;  November 13, 2008 ;     674 words ......1111081849 --> Earth seems to have its...planets outside our solar system. The images show...of out-of-this-solar system photographers...or remotely like Earth. But they raise...planets in our solar system. That's important...can study what Earth and planets in ...

Article: Solar System
World of Earth Science;      700+ words ...Solar system Earth's solar system is comprised of...average distance of Earth to the Sun &x2014...boundary of the solar system stretches to 1...object in the solar system; its diameter is 109 times that of Earth, and it is 333...

Article: Images captured of 4 planets outside solar system
AP Online;  November 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Earth seems to have its...planets outside our solar system, images captured...or remotely like Earth. But they raise...other planets like Earth and potentially...planets outside our solar system, but they have...planets in our solar system. That's important...can ...

Article: Are we there yet? (Math Skills).(concept of distance in the solar system)
Science World;  November 29, 2002 ;     368 words ...The solar system is one big space...to travel from Earth to Neptune, the...the size of the Solar system, why not make a...the distance from Earth and Sun (about...distances in the solar system.; Make a scale...about 250 km above Earth. How many gummy...through of ...

Article: earth and the solar system, the
The Oxford Companion to the Earth;      140 words ...earth and the solar system, the Mass Mean density Equatorial diameter...10 24 5.25 12.10×10 3 108.2×10 6 Earth 5.98×10 24 5.52 12.76×10 3 149...Equatorial diameter: 3476 kmMean distance from Earth: 384.4×10 3 km

Article: One bizarre trip: a spacecraft will soon plunge into Titan, one of the strangest moons in the solar system. What will it find?(Space Solar System)(Cover Story)
Science World;  December 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ......of the oddest places in the solar system: Titan, the largest of Saturn...It's the only moon in the solar system that has a thick atmosphere...then relay the information to Earth. Candice Hansen-Koharcheck...there are deserts here on Earth that look kind of similar...make up the ...

Article: Major Planets of the Solar System
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      80 words ...Major Planets of the Solar System Planet Distance from the sun (AU...revolution Period of rotation Mass (earth=1) Diameter (earth=1) Number of confirmed satellites...72 225 days 243 days 0.82 0.95 0 Earth 1 365 days 24 hours 1 1 1 Mars...

Article: Space probes show solar system dented, not round
AP Online;  July 2, 2008 ;     268 words ......galaxy, the edge of our solar system appears slightly dented...reveal. Information from Earth's first space probes to hit the thick edge of the solar system _ called the heliosheath...their models for what the solar system looks like. In 1977, NASA...probes on missions beyond ...

Article: Amazing voyager: 25 years of exploring space. (Earth science: solar system/interstellar space).
Science World;  November 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ......they'll exit the solar system forever. In 1977...billion miles from Earth, and the hard-working...000 images of the solar system's largest planet...windiest planet in the solar system: Near the Great...giant antennas on Earth track faint signals...diverse bodies in the ...

Article: New solar system show at planetarium is out of this world.(Science & Technology)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  April 30, 2006 ;     473 words ......world - (make that our solar system) - is Sue Peterson talking...largest planet in the solar system. At least that's the...everything else in the solar system, every weekend through...s Not Your Grandma's Solar System, which started April...other planets in the ...