Custom Astronomical Body Analysis

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See orbit - Solar System Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto (dwarf planet), Eris (dwarf planet)
Moons: The Moon, Phobos, Deimos, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Enceladus, Miranda, Nereid
Various: Halley's Comet, Proxima Centuari d, Proxima Centuari b, Gliese 667 Cc, TRAPPIST-1d, Custom Orbit

Orbit Data

Enter the information below to analyse the orbit of any planet, moon, comet or asteroid

Semi-Major Axis:  km
Eccentricity:
Host Star Radius:  km
Host Star Luminosty:  W
Note: Eccentricity must be greater or equal to 0 and less than 1. (0 = Circular Orbit).
The Sun's mean radius is 696342 km. The Sun's luminosity is 3.828e+26 W (3.828 x 10 ^ 26 Watts).
The host star radius is used to calculate the host star view diameter. The host star luminosity is used to calculate the solar power in space at orbit positions.
Data for various planets, moons, comets, or asteroids is available on Wikipedia, that can be used here.
To convert from AU to km (if the data values are in AU for the semi-major axis) use the Xalyse tool, and enter the value, e.g. 9.3 AU, and use the conversion result for km as the input for semi-major axis of the orbit.
Type of object:
Diagram of the orbit with the body being orbitted shown as a dot within the ellipse.

Sun at Average Distance *

 
0.53 ° Visible Diameter
100 % Average Sun Visual Diameter

Total Solar Irradiance

100 % Earth Average Solar Power (Solar Constant)
1361.16 W/m2

* Average Distance
using Semi-Major Axis

DISCLAIMER: No warranty is given about the accuracy of these results, or the accuracy of the information on this page, use this information at your own risk.

Custom Astronomical Body

Classification: Planet
Xalyse.com Analysis System

Surface Gravity (at mean Radius)

Custom Orbit Analysis
User Supplied Data
Eccentricity: 0.0167086
Xalyse Analysis System by: RL / JL
Apoastron: 1 AU, 152097596.5 km
Periastron: 0.98329 AU, 147098449.5 km


 
Custom Star at Apoastron
0.52 ° Visible Diameter
98 % Average Sun Visual Diameter

Apoastron Total Solar Irradiance

96.8 % Earth Average Solar Power (Solar Constant)
1316.79 W/m2

 
Custom Star at Periastron
0.54 ° Visible Diameter
101 % Average Sun Visual Diameter

Periastron Total Solar Irradiance

103.4 % Earth Average Solar Power (Solar Constant)
1407.82 W/m2


DISCLAIMER: No warranty is given about the accuracy of these results, or the accuracy of the information on this page, use this information at your own risk.

DISCLAIMER: No warranty is given about the accuracy of these results, or the accuracy of the information on this page, use this information at your own risk.

Additional Information

Semi-Major Axis: 149598023 km, 1 AU
Semi-Minor Axis: 149577139.4 km, 0.99986 AU, 100 % of Semi-Major-Axis
Eccentricity: 0.0167086, Linear Eccentricity: 2499573.5 km, 0.01671 AU

DISCLAIMER: No warranty is given about the accuracy of these results, or the accuracy of the information on this page, use this information at your own risk.

About

This tool allows you to see the orbit of specific planets, moons and comets.

Click a link in the "See orbit" section at the top of the page, or go to the Space Section to see other orbits.

For planets the orbit around the sun is shown.

For moons, the orbit around the planet is shown.

The following data is sourced from Wikipedia for various planets, moons and comets:

  • Semi-major axis *
  • Eccentricity
  • Orbital period
  • Host star radius
  • Host star luminosity
  • Mass
  • Mean radius
  • Equatorial radius
  • Atmosphere Composition

From this data this tool calculates things such as:

  • The orbital diagram
  • Apoapsis / aphelion
  • Periapsis / perihelion
  • Visible Diameters of host star (e.g Sun visible diameter) at different positions of orbits
  • Total solar irradiance at different positions of orbits
  • Surface gravity at mean radius or equatorial radius
  • Equivalent heights to produce the same falling speed on Earth
  • Falling time for specific heights
  • Falling speed for specific heights

* Io and Europa semi-major axis simply calculated from average of periapsis and apoapsis.

If you have any questions about this tool or find it useful we would like to hear from you.

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Created by: RL / JL
Last Updated: 2023/06/03

DISCLAIMER: The tools on this website are designed to be highly accurate, but we cannot and will not be held responsible should any inaccuracy occur.

Use this tool, or the information on this page, or any of the information on this website at your own risk.

No warranty is given about the accuracy of the results, or the accuracy of the information on this page.