Solar System  

"A solar system is a group of heavenly bodies consisting of a star and the planets and other objects orbiting around it.
We are most familiar with our own solar system, which includes Earth, eight other major planets, and the sun. Our solar system also includes many smaller objects that revolve around the sun, such as asteroids, meteoroids, and comets; and a thin cloud of gas and dust known as the interplanetary medium.
More than 100 moons, also called satellites, orbit the planets."
World Book Encyclopedia

Dewey Decimal Call Numbers

• 522
• 523's
• 629.4

• Amazing Space
• Animals in Space
• Astronomy: Our place in space
• Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
• Constellations and their stars
• Exploring Planets in the Classroom
• Map-a-planet
• NASA For Kids
• The 9 planets
• Pluto - not a planet?
• Starchild: NASA's Learning Center for Young Astronauts

Keywords for searching the Catalog/OPAC

• Asteroids
• Astronomy
• Comets
• Meteoroids
• Meteors
• Moon
• NASA
• Outer Space
• Planetariums
• Planets
• Solar system
• Stars
• Sun
• use the individual names of the planets

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Director of Elementary Library Services, Monadnock Regional School District
email to:clesser@mrsd.org
Last revised: 1/30/08

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