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The Solar System consists of the Sun and the objects that orbit it. The name comes from Sol, [[User:Stellarsoular|the author of this page]]. It formed when [[God]] was playing a particularly rowdy game of pool one time and knocked all of the balls off of His pool table with one shot. God was so pleased with the successful execution of the trick shot He'd planned, that He called the balls "plan-its," the name later becoming corrupted to "planets." He left them to orbit in space which they do to this day. | The '''Solar System''' consists of [[the Sun]] and the objects that orbit it. The name comes from Sol, [[User:Stellarsoular|the author of this page]]. It formed when [[God]] was playing a particularly rowdy game of pool one time and knocked all of the balls off of His pool table with one shot. God was so pleased with the successful execution of the trick shot He'd planned, that He called the balls "plan-its," the name later becoming corrupted to "planets." He left them to orbit in space which they do to this day. | ||
The Sun, containing more than 90% of the mass of the Solar System, is the second most massive object in the Solar System, the first being [[your mum]]. If you combined the mass of all the eight planets plus the other dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and other orbiting objects, the result would still not be as big as your mum. Bloody hell, she's a heifer. | The Sun, containing more than 90% of the mass of the Solar System, is the second most massive object in the Solar System, the first being [[your mum]]. If you combined the mass of all the eight planets plus the other dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and other orbiting objects, the result would still not be as big as your mum. Bloody hell, she's a heifer. | ||
== The | == The planets == | ||
{{quote|"If you want to know about space you have to know about the planets. If you want to know about the planets you have to listen to me right now. | {{quote|"If you want to know about space you have to know about the planets. If you want to know about the planets you have to listen to me right now. | ||
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# This one they didn't have a name for it yet, it's too far away..."|Dr. Steve Brule, "Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule," season 2, episode 4|}} | # This one they didn't have a name for it yet, it's too far away..."|Dr. Steve Brule, "Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule," season 2, episode 4|}} | ||
== The Planets == | |||
The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement [[Music|orchestral suite]] by the [[England|English]] composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. The movements are titled as follows: | |||
* Mars, the Bringer of Bars | |||
* Venus, the Bringer of Peanus | |||
* Mercury, the Thermometer | |||
* Jupiter, the Bringer of Stupider | |||
* Saturn (If You Liked It Then You Shoulda Put A Ring On It) | |||
* Uranus, the Sphincter | |||
* Neptune, the Misfit | |||
Holst got the order of the planets wrong and forgot to write a movement about [[Earth]] because he is stupid. | |||
== Other objects == | |||
In addition to the main eight most important guys there are also thousands of other jealous wannabes orbiting the Sun. There is a clique of dwarf planets of whom Pluto is the most famous, for having sat at the cool kids' table for some time before eventually being kicked out and made to join the rest of those unlovable losers. Some planets and dwarf planets have their own beta orbiter reply guys known as moons, of which Earth's [[The Moon|moon]] is the best known. There are also even smaller and less important bodies such as asteroids, meteoroids, comets (the gayest ones), and centaurs-- holy shit, centaurs? There are things in the Solar System called ''centaurs?'' I had a massive astronomy phase as a child and even I didn't know that. | |||
Let me look this up really quick... | |||
...No shit. Okay, it turns out centaurs are minor planets whose orbits cross between Jupiter and Neptune. Article cancelled, that's awesome as fuck. | |||
[[Category:Things bigger than Nordrhein-Westfalen]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:01, 9 October 2025
The Solar System consists of the Sun and the objects that orbit it. The name comes from Sol, the author of this page. It formed when God was playing a particularly rowdy game of pool one time and knocked all of the balls off of His pool table with one shot. God was so pleased with the successful execution of the trick shot He'd planned, that He called the balls "plan-its," the name later becoming corrupted to "planets." He left them to orbit in space which they do to this day.
The Sun, containing more than 90% of the mass of the Solar System, is the second most massive object in the Solar System, the first being your mum. If you combined the mass of all the eight planets plus the other dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and other orbiting objects, the result would still not be as big as your mum. Bloody hell, she's a heifer.
The planets
"If you want to know about space you have to know about the planets. If you want to know about the planets you have to listen to me right now.
- Sun
- Merkerus
- Urannus, umm
- Water planets
- Plunto, and
- This one they didn't have a name for it yet, it's too far away..."
— Dr. Steve Brule, "Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule," season 2, episode 4
The Planets
The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. The movements are titled as follows:
- Mars, the Bringer of Bars
- Venus, the Bringer of Peanus
- Mercury, the Thermometer
- Jupiter, the Bringer of Stupider
- Saturn (If You Liked It Then You Shoulda Put A Ring On It)
- Uranus, the Sphincter
- Neptune, the Misfit
Holst got the order of the planets wrong and forgot to write a movement about Earth because he is stupid.
Other objects
In addition to the main eight most important guys there are also thousands of other jealous wannabes orbiting the Sun. There is a clique of dwarf planets of whom Pluto is the most famous, for having sat at the cool kids' table for some time before eventually being kicked out and made to join the rest of those unlovable losers. Some planets and dwarf planets have their own beta orbiter reply guys known as moons, of which Earth's moon is the best known. There are also even smaller and less important bodies such as asteroids, meteoroids, comets (the gayest ones), and centaurs-- holy shit, centaurs? There are things in the Solar System called centaurs? I had a massive astronomy phase as a child and even I didn't know that.
Let me look this up really quick...
...No shit. Okay, it turns out centaurs are minor planets whose orbits cross between Jupiter and Neptune. Article cancelled, that's awesome as fuck.