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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Uranus is weird, but I like it.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I second this someone tell me why it's off plane

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

In the early solar system, Uranus seems to been hit by another body or it may have been perturbed by the gravitational influence of a large moon early in its formation.

The early solar system was strange and chaotic, and Uranus is evidence of that.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Way less weird than Venus. Poor Venus, nobody ever notices its quirks.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

Everyone else: 🙂

Uranus: (:

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 8 points 1 week ago

Jupiter go brrr

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Very cool animation. I wonder whether you could walk on Venus on such a way as to stay in eternal twilight.

Edit: i just did the maths and yes you could if you walk at 7 km/h constantly or sth.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Charles Stross (on mastodon) has a book involving a terminator city in either Mercury or Venus, can't remember which.

[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

Venus is quiet quitting the whole revolving thing.

[–] Mikelius@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

I think I'm most happy that this animation made all the planets rotate in the correct directions. It even got Venus correct, which is satisfying to see for some reason lol.