We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to
arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. -- T. S. Eliot
The Nine Planets
A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
This is an essay about our solar system with
text, pictures, sounds and an occasional movie.
Each of the planets and major moons in our solar system are briefly described and
illustrated with pictures from NASA spacecraft.
With a few clicks, you can see images
that only a few decades ago could only be dreamed of.
Our knowledge of our solar system is extensive.
But it is far from complete.
Some of the worlds have never even been photographed up close.
The Nine Planets is an overview of what we know today.
We are still exploring. Much more is still to come.
In keeping with the spirit of the Web, there are also many links to other
related Net resources including hundreds of pictures and movies.
It is updated regularly as new information is published.
Important Note:
There are copies of The Nine Planets at several sites around the world.
If accessing this page is slow for you
(especially if you are not in North America)
you may want to use one of the
Mirror Sites.
Table of Contents
The Nine Planets is best viewed on-line via a graphical WWW browser (such as
Netscape,
Mosaic
or MacWeb)
which displays the pictures in color and supports hypertext link traversal.
With the obvious limitations, it can also be read with a text-only browser
or even printed.
... Introduction
... Overview
... Sun
... 
Copyright © 1994, 1995 by
William A. Arnett; last updated:
1995 March 23