SimSolar "Spirograph" Option     
 
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Turn the Spirograph feature on and watch the planets scribe out
colored lines as they move along, creating a "cosmic" work of art.

The Earth-Centered Option clearly demonstrates the strange
"retrograde" motion of Mars (the red line) and Venus (the pink line) as seen from Earth.

A "cosmic" work of art