The planets today shows you where the planets are now as a live display - a free online orrery. In this solar system map you can see the planetary positions from 3000 BCE to 3000 CE, and also see when each planet is in retrograde.

This page provides a different way of looking at the solar system. It is geocentric and shows where the Sun and all the planets (and the moon) are in the sky. It doesn't show the distances to the planets and so this version of the orrery does not have any of …

A collection of interesting and thought provoking solar system maps. These maps show planets and dwarf planets in order, try to scale the solar system and also show a live view of asteroids and their locations.

Planets of the Solar System. This page provides a brief description of each of the planets (and links to dwarf planets) of our solar system. You can also find out about the difference between planets, dwarf planets and small solar system bodies (SSSBs) here.

This page provides a brief description of each of the dwarf planets of our solar system. Solar System Map - showing size, mass and orbital period, and orbit scale of planets & dwarf planets Available as a poster here

The planets today brings you the highlights of solar system events for the next few months in 2025. Includes Equinoxes, Solstices, Eclipses, Comets and Spacecraft events.

Click for Live Display showing the current positions of the moons of Mars. Mars is the fourth closest planet to the Sun and orbits in an fairly eccentric orbit at around 230 (+-20) million km. Similarities to Earth. Mars takes about 686 Earth days to orbit the Sun.

Between Mars and Jupiter lies the Asteroid Belt which is comprised of thousands of rocks left over from the formation of the solar system. These rocks vary in size from microscopic up to Ceres (950km diameter) which is classified as a dwarf planet.

The next three items allow control over how we view the solar system. The first drop down control allows you to specify which solar system object remains stationary. The sun (Sol) is usually the default setting.

ThePlanetsToday.com brings you face to face with the solar system as it is now... and also how it was and how it will be. Where is Halley's Comet (or 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko?... and a few others) right now? Comet Locations and Orbits. This page shows the current location of some of the brightest comets.