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We actually knew about eris, caeres, makemake, and haumea from our space obsession. Gods we can't pronoun haumea though. And yea, there a ton of dwarf planets out there.
BUT, did you know that Pluto is part of a binary orbit with Charon? Only binary orbit in our solar system. Also, Pluto and Charon's orbit is closer than Neptune's sometimes because the path isn't completely circular, it's more oval-esque.
people act like Pluto was dealt a bad hand bc they thought it was a planet but later classified it as a dwarf but consider this: there are 4 other dwarf planets in the solar system that most people don’t even know the names of so Think Again before you think Pluto is underrepresented
The 12 full moons of 2022 by loonarpix
Close up of Pluto from the New Horizons space probe.
Will be adding several more photos to this same post
See this is why I'm studying space
If Earth had Saturn’s Rings
From an excellent post by Jason Davis
From Washington, D.C., the rings would only fill a portion of the sky, but appear striking nonetheless. Here, we see them at sunrise.
From Guatemala, only 14 degrees above the equator, the rings would begin to stretch across the horizon. Their reflected light would make the moon much brighter.
From Earth’s equator, Saturn’s rings would be viewed edge-on, appearing as a thin, bright line bisecting the sky.
At the March and September equinoxes, the Sun would be positioned directly over the rings, casting a dramatic shadow at the equator.
At midnight at the Tropic of Capricorn, which sits at 23 degrees south latitude, the Earth casts a shadow over the middle of the rings, while the outer portions remain lit.
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