Visualizing the SpaceX Tesla Roadster trip to Mars¶

[1]:

from astropy.time import Time
from astropy import units as u

from poliastro.bodies import Earth, Mars, Sun
from poliastro.ephem import Ephem
from poliastro.frames import Planes
from poliastro.plotting import OrbitPlotter
from poliastro.plotting.orbit.backends import Plotly3D
from poliastro.util import time_range

EPOCH = Time("2018-02-18 12:00:00", scale="tdb")

[2]:

roadster = Ephem.from_horizons(
    "SpaceX Roadster",
    epochs=time_range(EPOCH, end=EPOCH + 360 * u.day),
    attractor=Sun,
    plane=Planes.EARTH_ECLIPTIC,
    id_type="majorbody",
)
roadster

WARNING: AstropyDeprecationWarning: ``id_type``s 'majorbody' and 'id' are deprecated and replaced with ``None``, which has the same functionality. [astroquery.jplhorizons.core]

[2]:

Ephemerides at 50 epochs from 2018-02-18 12:00:00.000 (TDB) to 2019-02-13 12:00:00.000 (TDB)

[3]:

from poliastro.plotting.misc import plot_solar_system

[4]:

frame = plot_solar_system(outer=False, epoch=EPOCH)
frame.plot_ephem(roadster, EPOCH, label="SpaceX Roadster", color="black")

[4]:

(<matplotlib.lines.Line2D at 0x7fba9eff9220>,
 <matplotlib.lines.Line2D at 0x7fba9eff5070>)

../_images/examples_visualizing-the-spacex-tesla-roadster-trip-to-mars_4_1.png

[5]:

frame = OrbitPlotter(backend=Plotly3D(), plane=Planes.EARTH_ECLIPTIC)

frame.plot_body_orbit(Earth, EPOCH)
frame.plot_body_orbit(Mars, EPOCH)

frame.plot_ephem(roadster, EPOCH, label="SpaceX Roadster", color="black")

frame.set_view(45 * u.deg, -120 * u.deg, 4 * u.km)