In 2011 neptune completed its first 165 year orbit since its discovery in 1846.
Neptune position in solar system.
The date slider lets you move forwards or backwards by a few months to see the motion of the planets along their orbits over time.
In this solar system map you can see the planetary positions from 3000 bce to 3000 ce and also see when each planet is in retrograde.
Neptune is very similar to uranus.
Find out about the blue world s orbit which of neptune s moons is the largest and how the planet is home to the most.
More than 30 times as far from the sun as earth neptune is the only planet in our solar system not visible to the naked eye.
Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the sun.
The planets today shows you where the planets are now as a live display a free online orrery.
The order of the planets in the solar system starting nearest the sun and working outward is the following.
The solar system is the gravitationally bound system of the sun and the objects that orbit it either directly or indirectly.
Introductiondark cold and whipped by supersonic winds ice giant neptune is the eighth and most distant planet in our solar system.
This simulated view of our solar system runs on real data.
Neptune is dark cold and very windy.
Alternatively you can use the slider below the chart to adjust the zoom level.
Of the objects that orbit the sun directly the largest are the eight planets with the remainder being smaller objects the dwarf planets and small solar system bodies of the objects that orbit the sun indirectly the moons two are larger than the smallest planet.
It is 17 times the mass of earth slightly more massive than its near twin uranus.
The position of the planets moons and spacecraft are shown where they are right now.
This digital orrery a model of the solar system runs on a light mobile mobile friendly version of nasa s eyes on the solar system software.
In the solar system it is the fourth largest planet by diameter the third most massive planet and the densest giant planet.
As you zoom out the solar system s outer planets jupiter saturn uranus and neptune will come into view.
It s more than 30 times as far from the sun as earth is.