HelioWeb


Heliocentric Trajectories for Selected Spacecraft, Planets, and Comets
The original trajectory data are taken from https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/app.html#/ where users can find many more objects.

*About using this interface
* How to get data from command line
*Description of coordinate systems
*Trajectory data books of 1986, 1991, 1997
* Geocentric orbits from SSCWeb


List of Heliospheric Objects and their time spans available

ARTEMIS-P1              2007  050 - 2024  318  New Horizons       2006  020 - 2025  365
ARTEMIS-P2              2007  050 - 2024  318  Parker Solar Probe 2018  225 - 2029  031
BepiColombo             2018  294 - 2025  305  PIONEER 10         1972  063 - 2049  365                                         
CASSINI                 1997  289 - 2017  257  PIONEER 11         1973  096 - 2049  365
DAWN                    2007  271 - 2018  303  PHOBOS 2           1988  195 - 1989  030
EARTH(IMP8,Moon,etc *)  1965  001 - 2030  365  PLUTO              1965  001 - 2030  365
GALILEO                 1989  293 - 2003  273  PSYCHE             2023  287 - 2031  304
GIOTTO                  1992  001 - 1992  366  Rosetta            2004  063 - 2016  366 
HELIOS 1                1974  345 - 1985  365  SAKIGAKE           1985  021 - 1997  365 
HELIOS 2                1976  001 - 1985  365  SATURN             1965  001 - 2030  365 
ICE                     1984  001 - 1999  365  SOHO               1995  337 - 2024  336 
JUNO                    2011  218 - 2025  293  Solar Orbiter      2020  042 - 2030  321
JUICE                   2023  105 - 2031  201  STEREOA            2006  300 - 2025  009 
JUPITER                 1965  001 - 2030  365  STEREOB            2006  300 - 2024  299
MARS                    1965  001 - 2030  365  SUISEI             1989  001 - 1999  365
MARS SCIENCE LAB.       2011  331 - 2012  219  ULYSSES            1990  280 - 2049  365 
MAVEN                   2013  323 - 2030  365  URANUS             1965  001 - 2030  365
MERCURY                 1965  001 - 2030  365  VENUS (PVO *)      1965  001 - 2030  365
MESSENGER               2004  217 - 2015  121  VOYAGER 1          1977  249 - 2030  365
NEPTUNE                 1965  001 - 2030  365  VOYAGER 2          1977  233 - 2030  365                                         

COMET Grigg-Skjellerup  1984  001 - 2020  366 COMET BORRELLY         1996  001 - 2018  365  
COMET H-M-P             1996  001 - 1996  062 COMET WILD 2           1995  001 - 2020  366  
COMET HALE-BOPP         1996  001 - 2018  365 COMET HYAKUTAKE        1995  001 - 2020  366  
COMET HALLEY            1984  001 - 2020  365 COMET GIACOBINI-ZINNER 1984  001 - 2020  366 
  
*Orbit data are for the planets and not specifically for the spacecraft in orbit about the planets. On a heliospheric scale, differences are very small. For instance, the heliocentric longitudes of an L1 spacecraft at Ygse = 100 Re and the Earth differ by only 0.25 degrees

Please Click and Fill the Form below, then Submit Query to request parameters


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List data Create file Time series plot XYZ-trajectoies( plot, listing)

Name of main S/C or object:

Output coordinate system:

Start year: Start day: Stop year: Stop day:

Time resolution (in days):


Optional: Name of additional S/C or object 2*:
*In this case the difference of between coordinates of main and additional objects will be calculated

Output data will be calculated for Equinox Epoch: "Mean of date"



More precise coordinates, and some planet-centered coordinates, are found in the "traj" subdirectories
of spacecraft-specific directories at https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/ and https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/app.html#/
If you have any question/comments about WWW access to the ephemerides data,
contact: Dr. Natalia Papitashvili, E-mail:Natalia.E.Papitashvili@nasa.gov,
Mail Code 672, NASA/Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771

NASA Official: Dr. Robert McGuire, Head of the Space Physics Data Facility