Sun in 3D — live position and orbit

The star at the heart of the Solar System. This ball of plasma holds 99.86% of all the mass orbiting it.Sun is shown at its real position, computed from NASA/JPL ephemeris data. The view opens on Sun; 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

695 700 km

Mass

1.99 × 10³⁰ kg

Surface gravity

274.00 m/s²

Mean temperature

5 505 °C

Axial tilt

0.1°

Known moons

Three.js Solar System

Solar System 3D

Core Data Scene Bodies Orbits Ready

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Settings

Column header toggles the whole column; each row controls one body.

Per-body display settings
Celestial body	Name	Body	Orbit

Navigation

Drag orbit the view
Scroll · pinch zoom in / out
Click a body or its label to travel to it
Educ · Explo compressed overview vs true-scale voyage
Clock · date scroll to time-travel, tap to pick

Textures: USGS Astrogeology / NASA-JPL (public domain) · Solar System Scope (CC BY 4.0) · Halley : Philip Stooke / NASA PDS.
Illustrative surfaces: No spacecraft has resolved these surfaces; their textures are illustrative, not scientific maps: Ceres, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, Pallas, Hygiea, Halley.
Data: Astronomy Engine · JPL SBDB