diff --git a/css/style.css b/css/style.css
index 5c34bbb..6927357 100644
--- a/css/style.css
+++ b/css/style.css
@@ -202,3 +202,20 @@ html, body {
 .ev-elong { top: -8px; background: #7fc7d6; box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(127, 199, 214, 0.6); }
 .ev-conj  { top: 2px; width: 5px; height: 5px; background: var(--brass-dim); opacity: 0.6; }
 .ev-conj:hover { opacity: 1; }
+
+/* PERIHELION-O — event band: the computed ±2 yr window mapped to full width in a
+   strip below the timeline (diamonds spread out); a bracket on the main strip
+   marks the window's real extent. Reuses the ev-* diamond classes above. */
+#event-band {
+  position: relative; height: 14px; margin-top: 6px;
+  border-radius: 5px; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04); border: 1px solid var(--border);
+}
+#event-band #event-marks { inset: 1px 0; }
+#event-band .ev-mark { top: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(45deg); }
+#event-band .ev-mark:hover { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(45deg) scale(1.7); }
+#event-band .ev-conj { top: 50%; }
+#event-window-bracket {
+  position: absolute; top: -3px; bottom: -3px; z-index: 3; pointer-events: none;
+  border: 1px solid var(--brass); border-radius: 4px;
+  background: rgba(217, 164, 65, 0.14); box-shadow: 0 0 7px rgba(217, 164, 65, 0.45);
+}
diff --git a/js/layers/events.js b/js/layers/events.js
index 3ef5a3c..c0cfaef 100644
--- a/js/layers/events.js
+++ b/js/layers/events.js
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ export function nextEvent(bodyId, jd) {
   return null;
 }
 
+// Fraction of an instant within the event band's [winStart, winEnd] window (0..1).
+// The band maps the ±2 yr window to full width regardless of near/deep epoch.
+// Exported so verify.html gates the mapping without a DOM.
+export function windowFraction(ms, winStartMs, winEndMs) {
+  return (ms - winStartMs) / ((winEndMs - winStartMs) || 1);
+}
+
 // ---- default factory: timeline diamonds + HUD row ----
 const WINDOW_DAYS = 730; // ±2 years, computed lazily around the current sim date
 function cssKind(type) { return type === 'opposition' ? 'opp' : type.startsWith('elongation') ? 'elong' : 'conj'; }
@@ -149,9 +156,19 @@ export default function create(ctx) {
   const strip = document.getElementById('timeline-outer');
   if (!strip) return null; // no time bar (e.g. headless) — plain exports still work
 
+  // PERIHELION-O event band — the ±2 yr computed window mapped to FULL width in a
+  // second strip below the timeline, so diamonds spread out instead of clustering
+  // into ~1.6% of the 250-yr strip (worse in deep time). A bracket on the main
+  // strip marks the window's true extent, tying the two together.
+  const band = document.createElement('div');
+  band.id = 'event-band';
   const marks = document.createElement('div');
   marks.id = 'event-marks';
-  strip.appendChild(marks);
+  band.appendChild(marks);
+  strip.parentNode.insertBefore(band, strip.nextSibling); // directly under timeline-outer
+  const bracket = document.createElement('div');
+  bracket.id = 'event-window-bracket';
+  strip.appendChild(bracket);
 
   const minMs = CONFIG.time.minMs, maxMs = CONFIG.time.maxMs, spanMs = maxMs - minMs;
   let on = true, events = [];
@@ -183,9 +200,10 @@ export default function create(ctx) {
 
   function render() {
     marks.textContent = '';
+    const winStartMs = unixMsFromJd(winStart), winEndMs = unixMsFromJd(winEnd);
     for (const e of events) {
       const ms = unixMsFromJd(e.jd);
-      const f = (ms - minMs) / spanMs;
+      const f = windowFraction(ms, winStartMs, winEndMs); // position WITHIN the band
       if (f < 0 || f > 1) continue;
       const d = document.createElement('div');
       d.className = `ev-mark ev-${cssKind(e.type)}`;
@@ -197,6 +215,12 @@ export default function create(ctx) {
       });
       marks.appendChild(d);
     }
+    // bracket: where the ±2 yr window sits within the full CONFIG.time range (tiny
+    // in near mode, tinier in deep time — that's the point of the band below it).
+    const bl = ((winStartMs - minMs) / spanMs) * 100;
+    const bw = ((winEndMs - winStartMs) / spanMs) * 100;
+    bracket.style.left = `${Math.min(Math.max(0, bl), 100).toFixed(4)}%`;
+    bracket.style.width = `${Math.max(0.5, Math.min(bw, 100)).toFixed(4)}%`;
   }
 
   return {
diff --git a/verify.html b/verify.html
index 26801a3..f2c2233 100644
--- a/verify.html
+++ b/verify.html
@@ -286,6 +286,23 @@
       finish();
     }
 
+    /* PERIHELION-O — event band: the computed ±2 yr window maps to full band width.
+       windowFraction is pure; the click-jump-in-band is a browser real-input test. */
+    {
+      const { windowFraction, findEvents } = await import('./js/layers/events.js');
+      const okEnds = windowFraction(1000, 1000, 2000) === 0
+        && windowFraction(2000, 1000, 2000) === 1
+        && windowFraction(1500, 1000, 2000) === 0.5;
+      // a real event (Mars 2027 opposition) lands strictly inside a ±2 yr band.
+      const c = lib.jdFromUnixMs(Date.UTC(2026, 6, 16));
+      const wS = lib.unixMsFromJd(c - 730), wE = lib.unixMsFromJd(c + 730);
+      const opp = findEvents(c - 730, c + 730).find((e) => e.bodies[0] === 'mars' && e.type === 'opposition');
+      const fr = opp ? windowFraction(lib.unixMsFromJd(opp.jd), wS, wE) : NaN;
+      row('event band maps ±2 yr window to full width', okEnds && !!opp && fr > 0 && fr < 1,
+        `ends 0/0.5/1 ok=${okEnds} · Mars-opp band-fraction=${opp ? fr.toFixed(3) : 'n/a'}`);
+      finish();
+    }
+
     /* PERIHELION-V — deep-time (extended Table 2a/2b) accuracy gates.
        Capture the "mine" positions with the extended range ON, then restore it OFF
        synchronously and atomically: ES modules are singletons, so setExtendedRange