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\nKhan Academy: Answers to Exploration Questions: Planets\n

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\nThis page will answer the questions to the planet exploration questions in a previous activity.\n
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\nCosmos4 Kids: Solar System Details: Oort Cloud\n

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\nExplore the huge spherical region surrounding our solar system. Find out what the Oort Cloud contains and how comets originate there.\n
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\nWikipedia: Asteroid\n

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\nThis site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia is a good resource page on asteroids. Gives details on different groups of asteroids that have been identified; how they get their name and number after identification; the six types of...\n
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\nPbs: Nova: Doomsday Asteroid: Comets 101\n

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\nAn introduction to comets, including information on their composition, origin, and importance.\n
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\nSpacetech's Orrery: Comets Visitors From Afar\n

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\nThis site provides a report on comets, with many links to more detailed information. Content includes a focus on Halley's Comet, Hale Bopp, and Shoemaker-Levy 9.\n
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\nNasa: Space Place: Tails of Wonder!\n

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\nLearn about comets as you try to bring some comet dust back to Earth in this game.\n
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\nNasa: The Space Place: Hail King of the Ice Dwarfs\n

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\nThis resource provides a nice overview of Pluto. Get information on Pluto's size, tilt, orbit and surface features. There is also a brief explanation of the \"New Horizons\" space probe.\n
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\nThe Nine Planets: An Overview of the Solar System\n

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\nA detailed overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in the solar system.\n
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\nRead Works: Mission Pluto\n

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\n[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Pluto being classified as a dwarf planet. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.\n
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\nThe Nine Planets: Pluto\n

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\nThis site contains copious information about Pluto. The site contains descriptive and statistical information, as well as a detailed article about the search for trans-Plutonian planets and the \"Nemesis\" hypothesis.\n
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\nBuzzle.com: Univer Savvy: How Was the Solar System Formed? A Beginner's Guide\n

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\nDescribes the solar system and explains theories that scientists have put forward about its formation and what may happen in the future. As we learn more and more about space, theories are challenged and scientists develop new ideas...\n
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\nPbs Learning Media: What Is the Solar System?\n

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\nThe solar system can be intimidating to study due to its vast size. This video is helpful in understanding patterns of the universe. Detailed background information on the formation of the solar system is included, as well as teaching...\n
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\nThe University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Comets\n

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\nDiscover interesting facts about comets, an icy time capsule left over from the birth of planets.\n
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\nNasa Space Place: What Is a Comet?\n

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\nProvides a brief description of comets, where they come from, and the different parts that make up a comet.\n
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\nDucksters: Astronomy for Kids: Comets and Meteors\n

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\nKids learn about comets and meteors in the science of astronomy including the coma and tail, meteorites, meteoroids, the Kuiper belt, and the Oort cloud.\n
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\nNasa New Horizons: Pluto in a Minute: New Horizons Work After Pluto\n

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\nAfter spending nine years getting to Pluto, find out what is next for the spacecraft New Horizons. [1:28]\n
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\nCgp Grey: Grey Explains: Is Pluto a Planet?\n

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\nDiscusses the history of astronomy and how scientists grouped disparate bodies as planets, and why Pluto is no longer considered a planet. [4:45]\n
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\nWikipedia: Pluto\n

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\nWikipedia, a publicly-maintained encyclopedia, provides an article on the dwarf planet, Pluto, including images, physical characteristics, history of its naming, the planet/dwarf planet debate, and more.\n
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\nNasa's the Space Place: New Horizons Mission\n

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\nA photo of the New Horizons mission to visit Pluto, Charon, and the Kupier Belt.\n
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