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AstroSphere
Solar System Explorer
Dynamic astronomical simulation
 
Universe Explorer · V5.2.1

Our Solar System

Explore the worlds orbiting our Sun. Watch planets travel through their orbits, rotate on their axes, and follow Earth's Moon and the asteroid belt through time.

SOLAR SYSTEM · V5.2.1
LIVE ORBITAL SIMULATION
Simulation: Today
Speed: 1 day / second
Visualization scale
Planet sizes and orbital distances are intentionally adjusted independently for visibility.

Planetary order, orbital periods and animation timing retain astronomical relationships.
Time:
? Milky Way ¦ AstroSphere

Explore the planets

Click a world to focus the camera
? Mercury
Smallest planet and closest to the Sun.
87.97 Earth days
? Venus
Hot terrestrial world beneath a dense atmosphere.
224.7 Earth days
?? Earth
Our home world accompanied by the Moon.
365.25 Earth days
? Mars
Cold desert world with a thin atmosphere.
686.98 Earth days
? Jupiter
The largest planet in the Solar System.
11.86 Earth years
? Saturn
Giant planet surrounded by a bright ring system.
29.45 Earth years
? Uranus
Ice giant with an extreme axial tilt.
84.02 Earth years
? Neptune
The distant blue ice giant.
164.8 Earth years
? Pluto
Dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune.
247.9 Earth years