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NASA/JPL DATA · A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME

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1900–2100 overview. Each JPL trajectory has its own returned interval. Future UTC assumes no additional leap seconds.

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A real Solar System, at your chosen time. UTC · 86,400×True distances · physical radii ×12; minimum-pixel markers · 0 rendered / … catalogedDrag to orbit · scroll / pinch to zoom · middle button or two fingers to pan

MAJOR BODY

Earth

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The returned day-aligned sample interval is shown above. Resource limit: 366 days per request.

Amber: past · cyan dashes: future. Long overview arcs are approximate; JPL requests are limited to 366 days.

Gold / violet crosses show osculating two-body perihelion / aphelion, independently of a loaded JPL path.

The white arrow shows instantaneous forward-time heliocentric velocity, including during reverse playback.

Distance from Sun: Not published
Distance from Earth: Not published (same-epoch Earth)
Heliocentric speed: Not published

Planetary centres use the existing JPL DE441 bundle in 2020–2036. Other dates, the Moon and Pluto use the documented Astronomy Engine numerical overview. Load a selected JPL trajectory for a bounded interval. Sizes: NASA fact sheets; surface textures: credited on the data-sources page.

Scene & display

Display scaleQualityObject labelsPlanetary orbitsSelected trajectoryIllustrative comet tails

Comet tails point away from the Sun. Activity, colour and dust curvature are illustrative, not measured morphology.

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NASA/JPL DATA · A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME