History of Astronomy: Items: Solar System

See also Space Exploration

• Chronology of Solar System Discovery
• Inventing the Solar System: Early Greek Scientists Struggle to Explain How the Heavens Move by Ellen N. Brundige
  A student's short course paper
• Planetary Nomenclature
  Contents: Introduction; Names listed by planetary system; Alphabetical list of names; Appendices. Including short biographical information on persons who's names were used.
  • History of planetary nomenclature
  • Planet and satellite names and discoverers
• Hypothetical Planets
  Planets/moons that has been believed to exist by astronomers at one time, but which later 'vanished'
• Titius-Bode's Law: Numerical Chance or Insight into Physical Phenomenon?, by A.G. LeBlanc
  Including a historical introduction

• Sunspots

• The Moon

• Satellites of Jupiter

• Saturn
• Viewing Saturn Over Time
• Historical Background of Saturn's Rings

• Uranus
  RGO Information Leaflet No. 43; with short information on the history of discovery.

• Neptune
  RGO Information Leaflet No. 44; with short information on the history of discovery.
• The discovery of the planet Neptune
• William Lassell and 'the accident of a maid-servant's carelessness', or Why Neptune was not searched for at Starfield, by Richard Baum
  From J. Brit. Astron. Assoc., 106, 4, 1996
• Find more about the discovery of Neptune with Alta Vista
• William Lassell (1799-1880) and the discovery of Triton, 1846, by Allan Chapman

• Pluto
  RGO Information Leaflet No. 45; with short information on the history of discovery.
• Pluto Express Curriculum Guides for Educators
  See Volume 1 Number 1 for the history of discovery of Pluto

• The Minor Planets
  RGO Information Leaflet No. 46; with short information on the history of discovery.
• Minor Planet Discoverers (Alphabetically)
• Minor Planet Discoverers
  Arranged in decreasing order of number of discoveries
• Minor Planet Discovery Sites

• Comets
• Interesting Comets of the Past by Gary W. Kronk
• ABOB's Page or: Comets, Culture, & Currency by Bob Kobres
  About comet impacts, including history of the problem; to be used with caution.
• The Tiger Tail Star: Matasaburou and Comet C/1664 W1 by Steve Renshaw and Saori Ihara

• Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog by Gary W. Kronk
  Including extended observation history
• Meteors and the Native Americans by Gary W. Kronk

• History of discovery and observations of Near-Earth Objects

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