Atlas of Space
Welcome to the Atlas of Space — an interactive visualization to explore the planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects in the Solar System.
- Scroll to zoom
- Click + drag to rotate
- Right-click + drag to pan
- Click on an object to learn more
Use Search or ⌃ + k to jump to a specific planet.
Use the Settings menu to update display settings or click Help to open this menu.
4 Vesta
A massive asteroid roughly 530km in diameter with a heavily cratered surface, featuring a gigantic impact basin at its south pole that exposed its internal structure and ejected numerous fragments that now form the Vesta family of asteroids.
1 Ceres
The largest object in the asteroid belt and the only dwarf planet in the inner Solar System, Ceres is a spherical body composed primarily of rock and ice, with a dark, heavily cratered surface and mysterious bright spots of salt deposits in its Occator crater.
152830 Dinkinesh
An Earth-approaching asteroid roughly 200 meters across that was the first target selected for NASA's Lucy mission to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.
2024-2025
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