To get the entire solar system in one field of view would mean the craft would have to be 90° to the ecliptic plane with a 75° field of view; this would take 31 years after its Saturn encounter ...

The ecliptic is inclined with respect to the disk of the Milky Way by about 60 degrees. The empty ecliptic is also inclined by 60 degrees, but in the opposite direction.

If it were exactly in the ecliptic plane, we’d have eclipses every month. Instead, the Laplacian plane precesses with an 18-year period, which produces more complex eclipse cycles.

Ecliptic Plane. These alignments occur due to the planets' shared orbit along the ecliptic plane, a cosmic arrangement dating back to the Solar System’s formation. Orbital Tilt.

In the solar system, the planets and most other bodies move in roughly the same orbital plane, known as the ecliptic WASHINGTON:: A study of comet motions indicates that the solar system has a ...