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KNOWING MORE
- First, we propose to know more about the history of astronomy, the basis of our present knowledge.
- The following pages will allow you to know more either on some celestial bodies or on some concepts encountered during our tour in the solar system.
The Galilean satellites of Jupiter : they are the first celestial bodies discovered using a telescope : what did they learn to us ? How is our knowledge on these bodies?
The Sun : how it operates ? How is its internal structure ? How its energy come to us ? How much time will it operate from now ?
The solar wind and the polar aurora : what is the mechanism ?
The Moon : how to know craters and seas ?
Venus, the Earth and Mars: a comparison
The atmospheres of the planets : what are they made of ? do they look like the one of the Earth ? how are they evoluting ?
The rings of the planets : what is the origin ? how are they evoluting ?
The magnetism of the planets : do have they all a magnetic field ?
The asteroids : what are their dynamical, physical and chemical properties ?
Meteors and meteorites : what is the origin ?
Asteroids, comets, meteorites: a danger for the Earth ?
The comets : what are they made of ? how did they form ? From where are they coming ?
Life in the solar system : is it possible outside the Earth ?
Astrology: a false science, a true superstition
- The encyclopedic data (parameters
and physical constants) are available in the
pages "Encyclopedia" et "Fundamental constants
". Specific pages provide also information about
the origin of the names of solar system bodies.