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Planets, Comets

Introduction

This simulation contains the Sun, all known planets, and a selection of well known comets.

The positions, velocities, and orbital elements of all objects are accurate, as are the masses and radii of all large objects (although each planet has had its moons combined with it rather than just removed or ignored). The comets have all had their masses and radii estimated from their absolute magnitudes.