A spatial visualisation of an orbit of an object around the Sun as desribed by the above Keplerian elements. Each grid square represents 1 square Astronomical Unit. The grid is aligned to the ecliptic. The blue object is the Earth.

Move the mouse while holding the button to rotate the map. Use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out (might not work on OSX systems). Click on the orange numbers to type in different orbital elements. WARNING: This is an experimental App. It has not been optimized for performance, stabiliy or user friendlyness. If the application doesn't work, you might need to install the newest Adobe Flash Player plugin (at least Version 9 is required).

This application was created with the help of Daniel Renkel and Bad Astronomy Forum User frankuitaalst. If you have comments or suggestions, visit my Blog. Visit http://www.krystian.de for more of my works.