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Choose Jupiter's path distance (the shortest distance of the initial launch point from Jupiter's orbital path) and initial speed of the spaceship.
Slingshot
Earth from Space | Smithsonian Institution
See our amazing planet from the perspective of an orbiting satellite.
The line of sight from Earth to Mars pinpoints how Mars moves against the distant background of fixed stars. This motion is identical in the Ptolemaic and Copernican models (simplified here to circular orbits.) The toggle buttons show the line of sight, and the Ptolemaic Martian orbit.
EarthLOS
• Most advanced and up-to-date Celestial Calculations by Jean Meeus - also used by NASA • Music by Travis Fitzsimmons • Spanish version by Ignacio Díez • Portuguese version by Rodrigo Ottero (special language characters are not supported) • Russian version by Sergey Leonov
Interactive 3D model of Solar System Planets and Night Sky
A spatial representation of every star within 14 light-years of the Solar System in orthographic projection.
32 Nearby Stars
The Scale of the Universe
Zoom from the edge of the universe to the quantum foam of spacetime and learn the scale of things along the way! Learn the size of the Pillars of Creation and marvel at the minuscule scale of a neutrino!
Ever wanted X-ray specs or super-human vision? Chromoscope lets you explore our Galaxy (the Milky Way) and the distant Universe in a range of wavelengths from gamma-rays to the longest radio waves. Change the wavelength using the slider in the top right of the screen and explore space using your mouse.
Chromoscope - View the Universe in different wavelengths
Daylight Hours Explorer
Shows the hours of daylight received during the year for an observer at a given latitude.