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ageofdestruction: txtr: Mimas, photographed by Voyager 2, 13th November 1980. (I checked; November 13th was a Thursday, not a Friday.) Image credit: NASA/JPL.

ageofdestruction:

txtr: Mimas, photographed by Voyager 2, 13th November 1980.

(I checked; November 13th was a Thursday, not a Friday.)

Image credit: NASA/JPL.

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Saturn by Vija Celmins, 1985Also

Saturn by Vija Celmins, 1985

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rainbowcube: Orbits of the Planets by Michæl Paukner on Flickr. Orbits of the Planets A scale model of the orbits of the planets in our solar system. The inner planets’ orbits and sun are to the same scale. They would fit in the smallest orbit of the outer planets. The sun’s light takes over 4 hours to reach neptune at a mean distance of 4,504,300,000 kilometers. Here you can learn more about our solar system: science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system © Copyright 2009 Michael Paukner. All Rights Reserved.

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Orbits of the Planets by Michæl Paukner on Flickr.

Orbits of the Planets

A scale model of the orbits of the planets in our solar system. The inner planets’ orbits and sun are to the same scale. They would fit in the smallest orbit of the outer planets. The sun’s light takes over 4 hours to reach neptune at a mean distance of 4,504,300,000 kilometers.

Here you can learn more about our solar system: science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system

© Copyright 2009 Michael Paukner. All Rights Reserved.