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[[Image:Los planetas terrestres.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The terrestrial planets - Mercury Venus, Earth and Mars]]
[[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 and a wish to know more)
*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_to_the_Planets/Introduction]]
*[[The Solar System]]
#[[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 ==
== Beyond the Solar System ==


*[[Planets around other stars]]
#[[Planets around other stars]]




[[Category:Astronomy]]
[[Category: Introduction to the Planets]]

Latest revision as of 04:48, 18 April 2009

The terrestrial planets - Mercury Venus, Earth and Mars


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.
The Giant Planets

Introduction

  1. Introduction_to_the_Planets/Introduction
  2. The Solar System
The Solar System's Planets

The Solar System

  1. The Inner Solar System
    1. Mercury (1)
    2. Venus (2)
    3. Earth (3)
    4. The Moon
    5. Mars (4)
    6. The asteroids
  2. The Outer Solar System
    1. Jupiter (5)
    2. Jupiter's Moons
    3. Saturn (6)
    4. Saturn's Moons
    5. Uranus and its moons (7)
    6. Neptune and its moons(8)
    7. The Kuiper belt (Pluto, Charon, Eris, Quaoar and the rest)
Sunset over a planet in a triple star system

Beyond the Solar System

  1. Planets around other stars