Solar System Simulator

In the following link, you'll find an interactive web model of the Solar System. It is a simple astronomical simulator and predictor of planet orbits that displays dynamic view of the Solar System as seen from the north ecliptic pole.

www.faustweb.net/solaris

You can zoom in and out to view the entire Solar System, or just the inner planets. By pressing the STOP button a text entry box allows you to enter new values for the date. The model solar system is intended to give you a feel for the relationships of the orbits of the planets but the orbital size of the Moon is not properly scaled with respect to the Earth and the planets. If the orbital radius were to be properly scaled, the orbit would lie well inside the "Earth" as drawn here. The major axis of the Earth's elliptical orbit is horizontal oriented.