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Capture the cosmos > Solar system
Online adventures, pictures, answers, and more on the solar system: Online exploration: Solar System Trading Cards online activity Think you can verify Venus and peg Pluto? Give it your best shot. Also available: Downloadable Solar System Trading Cards Facts at hand. Put the solar system in your pocket. Downloadable Solar System Trading Cards, Jr. Edition Solar system portraits on bigger cards. Downloadable PDF lithographs: • Jupiter's "Red Spot Jr." Find out what Hubble spotted on Jupiter. • Saturn's Rings Ponder Saturn's majestic rings. • Mars 2003: Closest Approach See Mars, as close as it's been to Earth in 60,000 years. • Mars Catch a glimpse of some strange Martian weather. Downloadable PDF bookmarks: • Amazing Space bookmarks Fold and laminate! Four imposing Hubble images are featured. Collect the set!
Tales of: Neptune's first circuit around the Sun since its discovery After a 165-year stroll around the Sun, Neptune finally arrived back where astronomers first found it. NOTE: For more "Tales of …", dig deeper… Fast Facts: Mars' moon, Deimos A giant space potato orbits Mars. NOTE: For more Fast Facts, dig deeper… Q&A: Our solar system Separate fact from fiction and satisfy your curiosity about the bounty of objects in our solar system. Myths vs. realities: Solar system The Sun is a burning ball of fire — true or false? Graphic Organizer: Rocky vs. gas planets Do we live on a rocky or a gas planet? Find out here … NOTE: For more Graphic Organizers, dig deeper… Dig Deeper continued >>
Capture the cosmos > Solar system