Keplerian orbit map
Inner Solar System
Top-down view of Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars orbiting the Sun. Distances use AU scale; motion uses sidereal periods and Kepler’s equation. Hover a planet for details.
Simulation date · UTC
Loading…
J2000 +0 days
Accurate relative orbital periods; inclinations flattened for a clean top-down map.
Sidereal periods
Mercury88 d
Venus225 d
Earth365 d
Mars687 d
Orbits are proportional by semi-major axis. Planet and Sun disk sizes are exaggerated for visibility; orbital inclinations are projected onto the ecliptic plane.