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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 (PDF) Facts at hand. Put the solar system in your pocket. Downloadable Solar System Trading Cards, Jr. Edition (PDF) 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. • Jovian Planets Bizarre mug shots of the four gas giant planets.
Fast Facts: Comet 9P/Tempel 1 NASA smashed a probe into this comet's core to study ancient material beneath its crusty skin. NOTE: For more Fast Facts on planets, comets, and asteroids, 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 … Tales of ... Dust storms seen on Mars Have an allergy to dust? Avoid Mars. Find out why … Dig Deeper continued >>
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