.. DO NOT EDIT.
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.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "generated/gallery/planet_locations.py"
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.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_generated_gallery_planet_locations.py>`
        to download the full example code or to run this example in your browser via Binder

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_generated_gallery_planet_locations.py:


====================================
Planet Positions in the Solar System
====================================

The purpose of this demo is to demonstrate the ability of sunpy
to get the position of planetary bodies im the solar system.

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First the imports

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.. code-block:: default

    from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
    from sunpy.coordinates import get_body_heliographic_stonyhurst
    from astropy.time import Time
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np








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Lets grab the positions of each of the planets in stonyhurt coordinates.

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.. code-block:: default

    obstime = Time('2014-05-15T07:54:00.005')
    planet_list = ['earth', 'venus', 'mars', 'mercury', 'jupiter', 'neptune', 'uranus']
    planet_coord = [get_body_heliographic_stonyhurst(this_planet, time=obstime) for this_planet in planet_list]








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Now lets make a plot.

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.. code-block:: default

    fig = plt.figure()
    ax1 = plt.subplot(1, 1, 1, projection='polar')
    for this_planet, this_coord in zip(planet_list, planet_coord):
        plt.plot(np.deg2rad(this_coord.lon), this_coord.radius, 'o', label=this_planet)
    plt.legend(loc='lower left')
    plt.show()



.. image-sg:: /generated/gallery/images/sphx_glr_planet_locations_001.png
   :alt: planet locations
   :srcset: /generated/gallery/images/sphx_glr_planet_locations_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img






.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-timing

   **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  1.636 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_generated_gallery_planet_locations.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example


  .. container:: binder-badge

    .. image:: images/binder_badge_logo.svg
      :target: https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/HeliophysicsPy/gallery/gh-pages?urlpath=lab/tree/notebooks/generated/gallery/planet_locations.ipynb
      :alt: Launch binder
      :width: 150 px


  .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

     :download:`Download Python source code: planet_locations.py <planet_locations.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: planet_locations.ipynb <planet_locations.ipynb>`


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 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_