Planet Tracker

Shows todays position of planets in the solar system

Planet Tracker - Current Positions of Planets

Planet Tracker is a Chrome extension that shows the current position of planets in the solar system. It allows users to hover over the planets to see their names and click on them for more information. The extension also features an animate feature to visualize future positions of the planets. Please note that orbital positions are simulated based on orbital periods and individual data points from NASA.

Extension stats

Users: 320

Rating: 4.67

Version: 2.2 (Last updated: 2018-01-29)

Creation date: 2018-01-28

Size: 2.32M

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 48,377 ▼ 963

Other rankings

#1824 in Just for Fun ▲ 3 #83 in planet keyword 27 ▼ 7

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

nice

by

K. Duryodhana Rao, 2020-03-30

An excellent extension for true lovers of our solar system! Really looking forward to what this developer does next!

by

Richard Hyde, 2018-01-01

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Planet Tracker requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Planet Tracker. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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