Size of the Planets, A Comparison
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GoldEagle
Deity of All Drummers
Wow, I just got that e-mail too.
MamboJoel
Cool.
Liberal propaganda... 
Proportions are good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet
The big stars are supernovas.
It's part of the life cycle of a star (the end of it).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova
Proportions are good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet
The big stars are supernovas.
It's part of the life cycle of a star (the end of it).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Antares is...large.
What's makes it more mind boggling is if you have the entire solar system to scale, including the distances between planets. Then you get a sense of how huge it is.
What's makes it more mind boggling is if you have the entire solar system to scale, including the distances between planets. Then you get a sense of how huge it is.
I knew all of that. I still feel important because for all its size, Antares doesn't post here on CFC.
By the way, there are 7 moons in the Solar System larger than Pluto: ours, the 4 Galilean moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, Calisto) of Jupiter, Titan of Saturn, and Tritan of Neptune. Additionally, there are several KBOs (Kuiper Belt Objects) bigger than Pluto. I feel very strongly that Pluto should not be a planet.
By the way, there are 7 moons in the Solar System larger than Pluto: ours, the 4 Galilean moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, Calisto) of Jupiter, Titan of Saturn, and Tritan of Neptune. Additionally, there are several KBOs (Kuiper Belt Objects) bigger than Pluto. I feel very strongly that Pluto should not be a planet.
Godwynn said:
Sure it does, but then Mercury doesn't and it's a planet. There are larger KBOs and I bet some of them will turn out to moons. I really don't think Pluto should be grandfathered when other, better-qualified objects aren't, just because Pluto was found earlier.
The oddest part is that I feel really strongly about this and I have not the slightest idea why. I mean, it is a silly thing about which to preoccupy ones' self.
GoldEagle
Deity of All Drummers
IIRC, it has one satellite.Godwynn said:
GoldEagle said:
They actually just found 2 more recently: Nix and Hydra, to go with Charon.
But there is at least one asteroid in the Asteroid Belt with a moon, yet it doesn't qualify. So why should Pluto?
GoldEagle
Deity of All Drummers
Duh, I posted the thread. I shouldn't be this dumbEran of Arcadia said:
Eukaryote
Deity
I always thought that mars' ice caps were much bigger than that. Oh well.
Masquerouge
Deity
These pics are really cool 
Perfection
The Great Head.
There's severalEran of Arcadia said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_asteroid_moons
If by several, you mean oneEran of Arcadia said:
Of course, I do agree that Pluto should not be considered a planet.
Do you think Pluto should be considered a planet, if so why?Godwynn said:
Indeed they are.Masquerouge said:These pics are really cool
I would've been cool though if they put on smaller stars too.
Archbob
Ancient CFC Guardian
Isn't the sun an average size star in terms of stars? I know some of them are Red giant and supergiants. When the sun reaches the red giant stage, it should swell to about 10,000 times its current volume.
greekguy
Missed the Boat
uhhh, isn't Neptune bigger than Saturn?
Masquerouge
Deity
Fallen Angel Lord said:
Well, that's global warming for you
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
greekguy said:
Fraid not. Saturn = our second biggest planet.
Masquerouge said:Well, that's global warming for you
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