The orbital poles of the Solar system. The yellow dot in the centre is the Sun's North pole. Jupiter's orbital pole is in orange, Mercury in pale blue, Venus in green, Earth in blue, Mars in red, Saturn in violet, Uranus in grey and Neptune in lavender. Pluto is the dotless cross off in Cepheus

An orbital pole is either end of an imaginary line running through the center of an orbit perpendicular to the orbital plane, projected onto the celestial sphere. It is similar in concept to a geographical pole but based on the planet's orbit instead of the planet's rotation. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (650x650, 6 KB)Snapshot of the planetary orbital poles The field of view is about 30°. The yellow dot in the centre is the Suns North pole. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (650x650, 6 KB)Snapshot of the planetary orbital poles The field of view is about 30°. The yellow dot in the centre is the Suns North pole. ... The Sun is the star at the center of our Solar system. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 70 kPa Hydrogen ~86% Helium ~14% Methane 0. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure trace Potassium 31. ... (*min temperature refers to cloud tops only) Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 9. ... Earth is the third-closest planet to the Sun. ... Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the solar system, named after the Roman god of war (the counterpart of the Greek Ares), on account of its blood red color as viewed in the night sky. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 140 kPa Hydrogen >93% Helium >5% Methane 0. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 120 kPa Hydrogen 83% Helium 15% Methane 1. ... Atmospheric characteristics Surface pressure ≫100 MPa Hydrogen - H2 80% ±3. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 0. ... Cepheus is a northern constellation named after King Cepheus in Greek mythology, and is considered to represent a king. ... In physics, an orbit is the path that an object makes, around another object, whilst under the influence of a source of centripetal force, such as gravity. ... In astronomy and navigation, the celestial sphere is an imaginary rotating sphere of gigantic radius, concentric with the Earth. ... For other uses of the word pole, see Pole (disambiguation). ...

The north orbital pole of a celestial body is defined by the right-hand rule: If you curve the fingers of your right hand along the direction of orbital motion, with your thumb extended parallel to the orbital axis, the direction your thumb points is defined to be north. Compass rose with north highlighted and at top North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the primary direction: north is used (explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions; the (visual) top edges of maps usually correspond to the... In mathematics and physics, the right-hand rule is a convention for determining relative directions of certain vectors. ... The word axis has several meanings: In mathematics, axis can mean: A straight line around which a geometric figure can be rotated. ...