In article ,
(I_am_on_Saturn) wrote:

I am trying to get the above information because I am building a
Java applet to show the Solar system and for the purpose of display,
I need to know the relative position of the Sun with respect to the
planets.

You may be reinventing the wheel here. I would be surprised to find
that, that sort of thing is not available on the web. The term for
mechanical displays of this sort is orrery.

Ken Young

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