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[[Image: | [[Image:Terrestrial_planet_size_comparisons.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The terrestrial planets - Mercury Venus, Earth and Mars]] | ||
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== Background Knowledge Needed == | == Background Knowledge Needed == | ||
None (except general knowledge) | *None (except general knowledge and a wish to know more) | ||
'''NB This is meant for people without a background in Science and could therefore said to be a "foundation" level course or at a pre-university level. It would also be useful at level 1.''' | |||
== Mathematical Knowledge Needed == | == Mathematical Knowledge Needed == | ||
Aimed at people with no background in mathematics - simply knowledge of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). Anything else will be provided within the course. | *Aimed at people with no background in mathematics - simply knowledge of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). Anything else will be provided within the course. | ||
[[Image:Gas giants in the solar system.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Giant Planets]] | |||
== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
#[[Introduction_to_the_Planets/Introduction]] | |||
#[[The Solar System]] | |||
[[Image:Solar planets.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Solar System's Planets]] | |||
== The Solar System == | == The Solar System == | ||
[[Mercury]] | #The Inner Solar System | ||
[[Venus]] | ##[[Mercury]] (1) | ||
[[Earth]] | ##[[Venus]] (2) | ||
[[The Moon]] | ##[[Earth]] (3) | ||
[[Mars]] | ##[[The Moon]] | ||
[[The asteroids]] | ##[[Mars]] (4) | ||
[[Jupiter]] | ##[[The asteroids]] | ||
[[Jupiter's Moons]] | #The Outer Solar System | ||
[[Saturn]] | ##[[Jupiter]] (5) | ||
[[Saturn's Moons]] | ##[[Jupiter's Moons]] | ||
[[Uranus and its moons]] | ##[[Saturn]] (6) | ||
[[Neptune and its moons]] | ##[[Saturn's Moons]] | ||
[[The Kuiper belt (Pluto, Charon, Eris, Quaoar and the rest)]] | ##[[Uranus and its moons]] (7) | ||
##[[Neptune and its moons]](8) | |||
##[[The Kuiper belt (Pluto, Charon, Eris, Quaoar and the rest)]] | |||
[[Image:Triple-star sunset.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sunset over a planet in a triple star system]] | |||
== Beyond the Solar System == | |||
#[[Planets around other stars]] | |||
[[Category: | [[Category: Introduction to the Planets]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:48, 18 April 2009
Background Knowledge Needed
- None (except general knowledge and a wish to know more)
NB This is meant for people without a background in Science and could therefore said to be a "foundation" level course or at a pre-university level. It would also be useful at level 1.
Mathematical Knowledge Needed
- Aimed at people with no background in mathematics - simply knowledge of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). Anything else will be provided within the course.
Introduction
The Solar System
- The Inner Solar System
- The Outer Solar System
