Solar System Stories

Drag the orrery to pan across the solar system.

Scroll with the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.

Normalized compresses the differences in orbital speed so more bodies move at comparable visible rates.

Realistic preserves the large differences in relative orbital speed, so inner worlds move much faster than distant ones like Neptune.

Cubic compresses distance so the outer solar system fits more readably in one frame.

Linear keeps orbital distances proportional, spreading the system out much more literally.

Open the companion map of science-fiction works set around real stars beyond the Solar System.