Caption:
An animation of the
inner Solar System motions.
Probably to-scale
in space and
time.
The view is onto the north side of the
ecliptic plane,
and so the planets orbit
counterclockwise
which is the prograde motion direction
for the Solar System.
The planets in order from the
Sun with their
mean planet-Sun
distances in astronomical units are as follows:
Credit/Permission: ©
User:Lookang,
2011 /
Creative Commons
CC BY-SA 3.0.
Image link: Wikipedia:
File:Ecliptic plane 3d view.gif.
Local file: local link: solar_system_inner_animation.html.
File: Solar system file:
solar_system_inner_animation.html.