See "Meridian" at <http://www.merid.cam.org/meridian/english.html>. It has
tons of features for planets. To get the view from above the solar system,
click view>heliocentric. Unfortunately, in order to keep the scale
managable, the outer planets from Jupiter out are all shown on a common
orbit.
S&T and Astronomy magazines both have a chart for this in the center fold
out section.
-John


>
>Also does anybody know of a freeware program that will show a plan view of
>the solar system and show the exact position of the planets on their
>orbits?
>
>Darren Carlisle
>

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