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Read the Wikipedia article ↗Surface textures: Solar System Scope · CC BY 4.0, based on NASA data.
Solar system explorer
A little perspective.
Explore the planets, follow a spacecraft, or step back to the galaxy.
Opening the solar system…
Preparing your view.
Inner planetsInner system
Checking date accuracy…
Distances to scale; planets enlarged so you can see them.
Speed
Planets
Moons
Missions
Lagrange points
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Model date
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The link reopens this exact view, paused.
Returns to the inner planets, stops following, restores speed and layers, and sets the date to today.
Rendering quality
High adds surface textures and lighting effects. Low saves battery on phones.
Theme
About this model
Date-aware solar system model
Planets use a precision model in 1970–2039 and a rough secular extrapolation outside it, up to five million years each way. Deep-time positions are not validated. Stars use straight-line catalogue motion, without Galactic gravity or stellar evolution; missing motion stays static. Orbit guides, other moons and spacecraft remain illustrative. Sizes are enlarged for visibility.
Solar activity: minimum. Interstellar flow: 26 km/s from Ophiuchus.