🪐 Solar PlanetID: earth · VSOP87 Real-Time Ephemeris
Earth
Humanity's home world featuring liquid oceans, a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere, and a protective magnetosphere.
Distance from Earth (Live)
0.0000 AU
0 km
Light Travel Time
0.0s
Speed of Light
Solar Orbit Radius
1 AU
Period: 365.25 d
Equatorial Radius
6,371 km
Gravity: 9.807 m/s²
Eccentricity / Inc
e=0.017 / 0°
Moons: 1
Surface Temp
Avg +15°C (-89.2°C to +56.7°C)
🔬 Astrophysical Deep Analysis & Key Features
- • Real-time cloud, typhoon, and ocean imagery can be received for free via GK-2A, Himawari-9, METEOR-M N2-4, and NOAA-20/21 satellites.
🔭 Recommended Telescope & Astrophotography Gear for Earth
For live Earth weather and satellite observation, use an RTL-SDR V4 dongle with a 137.9 MHz V-Dipole/QFH antenna and SatDump to decode METEOR-M N2-4 LRPT cloud imagery, or an 80–100cm L-Band dish antenna (1692.14 MHz) for GK-2A geostationary full-disk imagery.