Planetary

NASA’s Planetary Fact Sheet, drawn · unofficial

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Not to scale · 1 min = 1 year

Planetary

NASA’s Planetary Fact Sheet, drawn as a set of engineering drawings. Unofficial: not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA.

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  1. SCHEMATIC, NOT TO SCALE. SEEN FROM 30–60° ABOVE THE ECLIPTIC (THE ANGLE FITS THE WINDOW), ♈︎ TO THE RIGHT.
  2. DISTANCES FROM THE SUN COMPRESSED: A POINT AT r (10⁶ km) IS DRAWN AT R·(r / 7375.9)^0.4, WHERE 7375.9 IS PLUTO’S APHELION AND R FITS THE WINDOW. DIRECTIONS AND INCLINATIONS ARE TRUE; ORBIT SPACING AND SHAPES ARE NOT.
  3. BODIES ARE SYMBOLS: SYMBOL DIAMETER GROWS AS THE SQUARE ROOT OF NASA’S DIAMETER, AT LEAST 6 px. AXES POINT TO NASA’S POLE OF ROTATION (POSITIVE POLE, RIGHT-HAND RULE).
  4. THE RING ROUND THE EARTH IS THE MOON’S ORBIT, ENLARGED, IN THE ECLIPTIC PLANE. NASA GIVES NO NODE OR PERIGEE LONGITUDE FOR THE MOON: ORIENTATION ARBITRARY, NO POSITION SHOWN.
  5. ORBITS FROM NASA’S MAIN-TABLE PERIHELION, APHELION AND INCLINATION; NODE, PERIHELION DIRECTION AND POSITIONS FROM THE J2000 MEAN ELEMENTS (TWO-BODY): WITHIN 0.5° OF JPL HORIZONS 1990–2060, 0.3° FOR ALL BUT MERCURY.
  6. TIME: TODAY 00:00 UTC, RUNNING AT 1 MIN = 1 YEAR (365.25 d). AT 2060 THE CLOCK RETURNS TO TODAY. POINTING AT A BODY STOPS IT.
  7. NASA: “THE VALUES LISTED ON THE FACTSHEETS ARE NOT ‘OFFICIAL’ VALUES … CARE SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN USING THESE VALUES.”

Sources

Data and code

factsheet.json · factsheet-main.csv · Where NASA’s pages disagree (18 conflicts) ↗ · Source code ↗

PL-01 · SHEET 1 / 11 · SOLAR SYSTEM · SCHEMATIC, NOT TO SCALE · ISSUED 2026-10-18