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Volume 22 -- Issue 9
Above the Solar System -- September 2016

Name September 02 September 12 September 22
Mercury 308o 28' 346o 18' 036o 51'
Venus 217o 36' 233o 36' 249o 31'
Earth 339o 57' 349o 40' 359o 25'
Mars 300o 16' 206o 27' 312o 41'
Jupiter 181o 47' 182o 32' 183o 18'
Saturn 255o 51' 256o 09' 256o 27'
Ceres 018o 32' 020o 28' 022o 24'
Plot planet positions using polar graph paper that you can download from this web site - or at that web site create your own.

This uses a coordinate system which allows for the plotting of a planet position along its orbital path using degrees (0o to 360o) of heliocentric longitude. Once plotted the orbital position of one planet could be compared with that of another planet. Or the relative orbital speeds of an inner planet could be compared with that of an outer planet.

Terrestrial Planets in Motion at 5 day intervals - September 2016
Above the Terrestrial Planets - September 2016

Click here to see an animated graphic showing the
Terrestrial Planets orbiting the Sun during 2016.

Explore our Solar System with this really cool tool.
Click here to go to the Solar System Scope web site.