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Mini-Quiz: Our Solar System
by Ron Kurtus (revised 11 April 2009)
Take this Mini-quiz to check your understanding of the lesson material.
If you got all three correct, you are on your way to becoming a Champion in Astronomy. If you had problems, you had better look over the material again.
Set high goals for yourself and "shoot for the stars"
Resources and references
The following resources provide information on this subject:
Websites
Solar System Simulator - Many pictures from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Nine Planets - A great multimedia tour of the Solar System from the University of Arizona
Asteroid Fact Sheet - Facts on known asteroids
Meteors, Meteorites and Impacts
Hubble Probes Inner Region of Comet
Comet Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet of 1997 - Pictures from JPL
Comet Fact Sheet - Facts on known comets
Books
Top-rated
books on the Solar System
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