The Solar System consists of the
Sun and the
astronomical objects bound to it by
gravity, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant
molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. Of the many objects that
orbit the Sun, most of the
mass is contained within eight relatively solitary
planets whose orbits are almost circular and lie within a nearly flat disc called the
ecliptic plane.
Dynamic Diagrams provides an amazing Flash Application to Explore the movement of Planets and Objects in the Solar system.
They assembled an
Orrery that illustrates the positions of the planets and moons in our solar system and allows a user to
view their alignment at any given date in the past or present.
Launch our Orrery by clicking here
Download the screen saver for MacOS or Windows.
