🌌 Journey Through the Solar System

Ok, without going too much into my hobby of being an amateur astronomer, today I decided to check something off my bucket-list: I've always wanted to make my own 'to scale' Solar System, and today I thought "why not here?" I've spent half a day gathering really fun facts about each planet, and when it came to distance calculations I used AI to help me. After some back and forth, we've finally settled on a scale that shouldn't crush your browser.

Scale: 10 million km = 1 line on the markdown

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# ☀️ ☉ **Sυɳ** A blinding sphere of nuclear fusion. _{Much like sound waves, the sun has pressure waves that are constantly bouncing around inside it, caused by turbulent boiling motions in its plasma. Helioseismology is the field astronomers use to “listen” to these waves, and from them, they can map the internal structure of the Sun. And the “notes” the Sun plays? They’re incredibly low
— with some taking hours to complete a single oscillation.} . . . . . . _🌑 ☿ **Mҽɾƈυɾყ** Small, scorched, no atmosphere. _{A day on Mercury (sunrise to sunrise) is 176 Earth days - twice as long as its year of 88 Earth days
— if you lived there, you’d have two birthdays daily.} . . . . . 🌕 ♀ **Vҽɳυʂ** The hottest planet, wrapped in acid clouds, and crushing atmosphere. _{Venus’s day is longer than its year — plus it spins backwards (retrograde rotation),
— if you stood on its surface, the Sun would rise in the west and set in the east.} . . . . 🌍 ♁ **Eαɾƚԋ** 🌲🌊🍕😎🐝 you are here - making memes. _{🌘 **Mσσɳ** — our satellite (at distance of ~30 Earths away from Earth).} . . . . . . . . . _🔴 ♂ **Mαɾʂ** Cold, red, dusty, and waiting for hikers. _{Mars is home to the tallest volcano in the Solar System, "Olympus Mons", with elevation of about 25 kilometers above datum,
and the deepest canyon (lowest point) in the Solar System, "Hellas Planitia", lies about 25 kilometers below the datum.} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 🥔 . .̴̛͔̫̻͐́͝. . .̴̧͎̓̑̉̌̌̽͆̒̕͜ .̵͙͖̗̠͚͈̔͐̾̆͊͝ .̷̖̙̬̇͐́͝͝.̴̧̨̘̼͙̥͇͚̝̳̐͛̎ .̸͎̂̌̀́̇͘.̵̨̭̹͎̑̉̃͗̾͊͐ͅ .̸̖̯̹̬̃̍̽́͗͝.̸͓̞͚̗̀́͂͑̈͑̎ͅ .̵̖̟̖̺̖͚̮̠̼̇̃͘͜.̸̨̛̯̬̱̤̭̉̒̕ .̷̫̪̙̹̺͖̥̯͕̃T̴̨̢̠̞̥̉̐̄̎́́̾͘ḫ̸̨̗̩̙͉̽̌̍̍̀ȩ̵͓̠̖̼̀ ̵̣̮̝́̊̿A̴̭͇͈̐̔̔́̀͐̔͠ ṡ̸̡̨̡̢̹̖̩͉̺̆ ţ̶̞̲͓̲͔̗̊̔̐͐͌̋̑̈́̎͛ ę̵̘͎̬̞̹̖͂̇̈́͌̈́̕̚ r̶͍͑͐͑͛̅̍̔̓̓̕͜ o̵̰̯͕̥̘͎̅͂͂̃̉̏̎̍͌̚͜ i̶͚̠̫̤͍͕̎̐͜͜ d̷̰̹̬͍̜̗͔̪̆̎͑̈͂̉̽͆ ̵͉̀̔̓͝ B̴̟̪͙̲̬̦̺͊̓̌͆̀́̌̈͝ ẽ̸̩̓́̊͝ ḽ̷̖̻̗̫͔̟͖͉̼̈́́̀̾͋͋̓̏͝ t̸̛̜̲͎̯̠͕̭̪͈̀̽͜͝ .̷̻̠̓̋̇̽̀̓̓̆͝ .̵̩̠̣̪̩̓͛ .̸̹̫͔̣̯̣̎̂͒̀̚ͅ .̵̛̮͋̾̎̓̈́̆ͅ .̶̧̛͖͙̫̜͉͎͓̟͝ .̴͎͙̗͍͓̱̓͐͋̈͠ .̷̛̝̉̉̅̒̎͝ _🥔.̸͔̦͇͙̙̥̝̞̏̆̎̇̅̄́̄̇ .̴̧͙̼̝̫̼̝͎͍̿̓́̑̚͝ . . ..̴̛͔̫̻͐́͝. . . _{.🥔 . . . . The total mass of the asteroid belt is estimated to be 3% that of the Moon . . . . .} . . . . . . . . . . . _{You can pass right through it and not know you're in it} . . . . . . . . .🥔 . . . _🥔 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #### 🟠 ♃ **Jυριƚҽɾ** The giant. Storms the size of Earth. _{Jupiter is so massive that all other planets combined would only make up about half its mass.
A 2024 study analyzing historical observations has revealed that the current Great Red Spot is NOT the "Permanent Spot" Cassini observed from 1665 to 1713. Between mid-18th thru 19th centuries the spot disappeared — making the current Great Red Spot only about 190 years old.} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . # 🪐 ♄ **Sαƚυɾɳ** Lord of the rings, and lord of the moons - all 274 of them _{The thickness of the rings is estimated to range from mostly 10 meters to 150 meters in some parts
– this means you have a tape-measure at home that can pass through Saturn's ring!
Saturn is the least dense planet in the solar system – made mostly of hydrogen – it's density is less than that of water
– which technically means that Saturn would float.} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #### 🥶 ♅ **Uɾαɳυʂ** The coldest planet, tilted on its side, pale blue. _{The planet is tilted at ~90° – exposing each pole to face the sun for 42 Earth years – interchangeably.
Its atmosphere may contain diamond rain, as methane (the source of its pale blue color) is compressed into diamond-like structures under immense pressure.} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 🔵 ♆ **Nҽρƚυɳҽ** Deep blue, and very windy. _{With speeds of up to 2,100 km/h (1,250 mph), Neptune's atmosphere has the strongest winds in the Solar System.
It is also the only planet that was predicted to exist mathematically – before it was officially confirmed by observation.} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _💀 ♇ **Pʅυƚσ** Small, icy, Dwarf Planet _{Pluto's year is 248 Earth years, and it hasn't even made half of its orbit around the sun since it was discovered in 1930.
It is also smaller than our Moon and is only 18% of the moon's mass.}
# 🌠 _{Congrats! you've made it to the Kuiper Belt, and on your way into the interstellar space}
For reference here is the line count between each planet. | From → To | Distance (10 million km) | Lines | |-------------------|-----------------------|-------| | Sun → Mercury | 5.79 | 6 | | Mercury → Venus | 5.03 | 5 | | Venus → Earth | 4.14 | 4 | | Earth → Mars | 7.83 | 8 | | Mars → Jupiter | 55.06 | 55 | | Jupiter → Saturn | 65.45 | 65 | | Saturn → Uranus | 144.4 | 144 | | Uranus → Neptune | 162.6 | 163 | | Neptune → Pluto | 139.7 | 140 | ![SkyHunterMAR-08601ab.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/ankapolo/23t76k6XuQPHPeE6oXdqPHAkpzqbsfP7an6qiBTCNe2ctXWvHktnz6u7GR9H85a8zdBE9.jpg)
I don't really know what to call this content... I honestly wanted to see what sort of creative things I can do using the markdown – It's been a fascination of mine as of late. I want to not just make written content – but some sort of a visual experience, using only what PeakD markdown allows – a kind of 'thinking outside the box.' Let me know if it was worth the 5,900,000,000 km trip.
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