Earth in 3D: live position and orbit

The only known planet to harbour life. Liquid water covers 71% of its surface, and its atmosphere shields it from solar radiation.

Earth is shown at its real position, computed from NASA/JPL ephemeris data. The view opens on Earth; you can travel in time, switch between the educational overview and the true-scale voyage, and compare it with every other body of the solar system.

Radius

6 371 km¹

Mass

5.97 × 10²⁴ kg¹

Surface gravity

9.82 m/s²¹

Mean temperature

15 °C¹

Mean distance from the Sun

1.000 AU¹

Orbital period

365 days¹

Sidereal rotation

23.93 hours¹

Axial tilt

23.4°¹

Known moons

1 (as of November 2024)¹

Missions

• Voyager
• Galileo
• International Rosetta Mission
• Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission
• Cassini-Huygens
• MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging
• New Horizons
• EPOXI
• Juno
• Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR)
• BepiColombo
• Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter
• JUICE
• Artemis 2 Mission

Flybys

• August 18, 1999: Cassini
• March 4, 2005: Rosetta
• November 13, 2007: Rosetta
• November 13, 2009: Rosetta
• October 9, 2013: Juno
• December 3, 2015: Hayabusa2
• September 22, 2017: OSIRIS-REx
• April 10, 2020: BepiColombo
• December 5, 2020: Hayabusa2
• November 27, 2021: Solar Orbiter
• September 24, 2023: OSIRIS-REx
• August 20, 2024: Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
• September 23, 2025: OSIRIS-REx
• September 28, 2026: Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
• March 16, 2027: OSIRIS-REx
• January 17, 2029: Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
• April 13, 2029: OSIRIS-REx

Sources

1. NASA NSSDCA, Planetary and Satellite Fact Sheets. read 2026-09-17. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html