Orbital Period Calculator

Compute how long one orbit takes with Kepler's third law.

Ad placeholder (leaderboard)
Enjoying the tools? Go Pro for £4.99 (one-time) and remove all ads — forever, on this device. Remove ads — £4.99

Orbital period calculator

Using Kepler’s third law, T = 2π·√(a³ / GM), this tool finds how long one orbit takes from the central mass and the orbit’s semi-major axis.

Pick the Sun, Earth or Jupiter as the central body, or enter your own mass, then set the semi-major axis in kilometres (1 AU ≈ 149,597,870 km). The period is shown in days, years and seconds — all computed in your browser.

Ad placeholder (rectangle)