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References


Electronic Sources
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  1. Arnett, William A. "The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System" (http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html) 1994-1999 (Last Visited 5/30/00).
  2. BCC Team. "BCC Online -- The Planets -- The Solar System Guide" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/planets/solarguide.shtml) No Copyright. (Last Visited 8/4/00).
  3. Buie, Marc W. "Pluto, the Ninth Planet" (http://www.lowell.edu/users/buie/pluto/) No copyright. (Last Visited 6/2/00).
  4. Dobinson, Elaine. "Welcome to the Planetary Data System's Homepage" (http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/) No copyright (Last Visited 5/29/00).
  5. Dunn, Paul. "Our Solar System" (http://pauldunn.dynip.com/solarsystem/) 1998-2000 (Last Visited 6/00).
  6. Hamilton, Calvin J. "Views of the Solar System" (http://www.solarviews.com/eng/) 1997-2000 (Last Visited 5/26/00).
  7. Newton, Glen & Budkewitsh, Paul. "The Face of Venus Home Page" (http://www.eps.mcgill.ca/~bud/craters/FaceOfVenus.html) 1994-1995 (Last Visited 5/30/00).
  8. Schafer, Sheldon. "World's Largest Scale Model of the Solar System" (http://www.bradley.edu/las/phy/solar_system.html) No Copyright, Last Updated 1/3/99. (Last Visited 8/7/00).
  9. University of Michigan. "Introduction to Windows to the Universe" (http://msgc.engin.umich.edu) 1995-1999 (Last Visited 5/28/00).
  10. Williams, David R. "Planetary Fact Sheets" (http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html) No copyright (Last Visited 5/29/00).

Electronic Sources
Publications on CD-ROM, Diskette, or Magnetic Tapes


  1. Cook, Earl. "Earth" Microsoft Encarta 2000. Microsoft, 1993-1999.
  2. Hunten, Donald M. "Venus" Microsoft Encarta 2000. Microsoft, 1993-1999.
  3. Microsoft Team. "Mercury" Microsoft Encarta 2000. Microsoft, 1993-1999.
  4. Microsoft Team. "Pluto" Microsoft Encarta 2000. Microsoft, 1993-1999.
  5. Schaefer, Martha W. "Mars" Microsoft Encarta 2000. Microsoft, 1993-1999.

Printed Materials
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  1. The 2000 World Almanac and Book of Facts. St. Martin’s Press: New York, 1999.

Printed Materials
Entire Book


  1. Audouze, J.; Israel, G.(eds.). The Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
  2. Beatty, J. Kelly et al., Eds. The New Solar System. Fourth edition. Cambridge UP: 1999.
  3. Burgess, Eric. Return to the Red Planet. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.
  4. Flammarion, Gabrielle C. The Flammarion Book of Astronomy. Simon and Schusster, Inc.: New York, 1964.
  5. Glasstone, Samuel. The Book of Mars. Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1968.
  6. Harington, Phillip S. Touring the Universe through Binoculars. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: New York, 1990.
  7. Lewis, John S. Worlds without End : The Exploration of Planets Known and Unknown. New York: Perseus Press, 1999.
  8. Pasachoff, Jay M. A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999.
  9. Sheehan, William. The Planet Mars: A History of Observation and Discovery. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1996.


Serial Publications


  1. Sawyer, Kathy. “NASA Moves to Send Robot Rovers to Explore Mars Surface.” The Washington Post. 28 July 2000. Page A12.
  2. Gibbs, Powell. “Bugs in the Data?” Scientific American. October issue, 1996. Starting page 20.
  3. Gibson et al. “The Case for Relic Life on Mars.” Scientific American. December issue, 1997. Starting page #58.
  4. Malhotra, Renu. "Migrating Planets." Scientific American. November 1999.