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The Orrery

The solar system, right now.

Positions computed from JPL’s approximate planetary elements (fitted 1800–2050; shown to 2062 so Halley’s return is on the map — planets drift slightly past 2050). Distances √-compressed and disc sizes enlarged to stay readable — all labeled, none invented.

Touch a world or a spacecraft to read it · drag the bar to any date between 1800 and 2062 · planet positions computed to about a tenth of a degree · 8 spacecraft placed by JPL Horizons