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🪐 Solar System Explorer

🪐 Solar System Explorer

Animated orrery of our solar system — watch planets orbit in real time, click for detailed facts

Planet Facts
☀️ Sun — 99.86% of solar system mass
☿ Mercury — 88 days to orbit
♀ Venus — hottest planet (462°C)
🌍 Earth — only known life
♂ Mars — tallest volcano (Olympus Mons)
♃ Jupiter — Great Red Spot storm
♄ Saturn — density less than water
♅ Uranus — rotates on its side
♆ Neptune — strongest winds (2,100 km/h)

Scale
Distances are logarithmic for visibility. Real ratios would make inner planets invisible next to Jupiter.

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