Thursday, July 05, 2007

Where is Mars?

Last night I looked up and wondered "Where is Mars right now?".

You can find out using the Starry Night virtual planetarium.

At 9 PM today (with "Show Horizon" unchecked):
The South view contains Jupiter.
The West view contains Venus, Saturn, and Mercury.

But where is Mars? and all the other planets?

The trick is to change the time to 9 AM (and unclick "Show Daylight").

At 9 AM today:
The South view contains MARS!!!
The West view contains Uranus and Neptune.

What I really wanted was a picture of the solar system showing the current position of each planet in their orbit.

Do you know where on the web I can find that picture?
And where is Pluto?

--Tom

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