Overview with historical background and basic astronomy concepts, details about planets, satellites, asteroids, comets and meteors.
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/
3D tour including videos with audio and text information on the Sun and the bodies orbiting around it. (Shockwave and Realplayer required)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/index.shtml
Sponsored by the National Air and Space Museum, contains many interesting facts about the planets, pictures, comparisons and a section dedicated to spacecraft.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/
Protocols for naming planetary features, by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union.
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/
Includes list of available image collections and how to obtain the data at the facility (no images are online).
http://www.planetary.brown.edu/planetary/data_center/
A Java applet that simulates gravitating masses. Features a working model with motions and sizes of 70 planets and moons to scale.
http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~kmcclary/
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