Visualizing the SpaceX Tesla Roadster trip to Mars

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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 OrbitPlotter3D
from poliastro.util import time_range

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


    

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import plotly.io as pio
pio.renderers.default = "notebook_connected"


    

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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


    

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

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from poliastro.plotting.misc import plot_solar_system


    

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


    

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frame = OrbitPlotter3D(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)