The Planets (and some Moons) in 3-D

Viewing the 3-D models on this page requires a VRML plugin.
There are three popular ones.
All of them work very well, but I recommend Cortona.
Click one of these icons to link to the plug-in download page:

Install Cortona VRML Client! Install Octaga VRML Client! Download CosmoPlayer

(It's safe, installation is quick, and the 3D animations are cool.)

The cylindrical projection maps that made these 3-D worlds possible were obtained from the following sources:
Bjorn Jonsson: http://www.mmedia.is/bjj/planetary_maps.html.
Oera: http://www.oera.net/How2/TextureMaps2.htm.
Ciclops: http://ciclops.org/view_event.php?id=58 .

Here are some other planets and moons:
Venus Clouds
Venus Clouds
 Venus Surface
Venus Surface
 Earth
Earth
Earth at Night
Earth at Night
Moon
Moon
 Mars
Mars
 Jupiter (CSS)
Jupiter (CSS)
Jupiter (VGR2)
Jupiter (VGR2)
Io
Io
Europa
Europa
Ganymede
Ganymede
Callisto
Callisto
Saturn
Saturn w/o rings
Mimas
Mimas
Enceladus
Enceladus
Dione
Dione
Tethys
Tethys
Neptune
Neptune
WMAP
WMAP
WMAP
WMAP

Jupiter w/ Stars
Jupiter w/ Stars