Another Earth(s)

Using an orthographic projection to make rotating earths which orbit a given point. Very slow as it uses SVG. This may be modified to use canvas at a later point (see my early experiments with canvas here).

<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://d3js.org/topojson.v2.min.js"></script>
  <style>
    body { margin:0;position:fixed;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0; }
    
    body {
      background-color: black;
    }
    .orbit {
      fill: none;
      stroke: white;
    }
  </style>
</head>

<body>
  <script>
    var width = 960,
        height = 500,
        rotate = [0, 0, 0];
    		velocity = [0.05, 0, 0]
        time = Date.now();
        
    var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
      .attr("width", width)
      .attr("height", height)
    	.append("g")
    	.attr("transform", "translate(" + [width / 2, height / 2] + ")");
        
    d3.json("https://unpkg.com/world-atlas@1.1.4/world/110m.json", function(error, world) {
      if (error) throw error;
      
      addOrbitingEarth(world, 200, 10, "#AED6F1", 0, 4);
      addOrbitingEarth(world, 120, 20, "#dadada", 0, 5);
      addOrbitingEarth(world, 40, 15, "#ff83c3", 0, 6);
      
		})
    
    function addOrbitingEarth(geometry, orbitRadius, earthRadius, colour, phi0, speed) { 
      
      var orbit = svg.append("circle")
      	.attr("class", "orbit")
      	.attr("r", orbitRadius);
      
      var land = topojson.feature(geometry, geometry.objects.land);
      
      var projection = d3.geoOrthographic()
        .scale(earthRadius)
        .translate([0, orbitRadius])
        .clipAngle(90)
        .precision(0);

var path = d3.geoPath()
        .projection(projection);
      
      var circle = svg.append("circle")
        .attr("cy", orbitRadius)
        .attr("r", earthRadius)
      	.style("stroke", "white")
      	.style("fill", colour);
      
    	var earth = svg.append("path")
      	.datum(land)
      	.attr("d", path);
      
      d3.timer(function() {
        var dt = Date.now() - time;
        projection.rotate([rotate[0] + velocity[0] * dt, rotate[1] + velocity[1] * dt, rotate[2] + velocity[2] * dt]);
        
        earth.attr("d", path);
        earth.attr("transform", d => "rotate(" + phi0 + dt * speed / 200 + ")");
        circle.attr("transform", d => "rotate(" + phi0 + dt * speed / 200 + ")");
      });
    }

</script>
</body>

https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js

https://d3js.org/topojson.v2.min.js