IDidNotGetTheReference
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The size of each planet is to scale and the speed is accurate relative to earth. Each repetition of a gif is proportional to their orbital period.
caoife
"WHEEEEW"-Mercury probably
photony
I SAW NEPTUNE!!!! It's blue!
ItsClemFandangoStevenCanYouHearMe
I think its finally startig to sink in that pluto is no longer a planet....aw man kids have grown up with that knowledge...weird.
DeliciousToastedDoors
Because I'm incredibly productive and amazing at studying, I felt it was entirely necessary to wait for Neptune after I missed it once
KielSchafer
Poor Pluto...
Daginna
Some say it didnt finish a full rotation before it got booted from planet status
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I missed neptune but will sure wait.
DeepSeaCabbage
Must not look away in case i miss Neptune
itisp
Refresh and scroll down quickly
OldKingTroll
So sad that nobody on Neptune would get to celebrate a birthday
ManWithFace
well... not yet
Theimgurappsucks
Yoda could
Istanbul
Ultimate troll: Neptune has no animation, it's a still picture. People just wait for ages.
IDidNotGetTheReference
Nah, it's just the only one in real time :P
Istanbul
Oh, I know. I saw. I just thought it would be amusing. :D
STARWARSjustkeepsgettingworsesince1983
you dont have to say "earth years" its just a year.
photony
a year is based on a day, measured on earth...it's different on other planets...
gandalfthegraygray
actually a year is based on the time taken to do one revolution of the sun, a day is the time taken to turn 360 degrees on a planets axis
gandalfthegraygray
and as a cool extra to that, on venus a day is 243 Earth days but a year is only 224.7 days so a year on venus is shorter than a day.
photony
^This Thank You
STARWARSjustkeepsgettingworsesince1983
a day is still 24 hours, a year is still 365 days. its still years. you dont have to say "earth"
photony
you just don't get it....
STARWARSjustkeepsgettingworsesince1983
no, you dont. its not a different measure unless you are measureing from there. you are measuring from here.
gandalfthegraygray
well a year on mercury is still a year but it aint 365 days.
STARWARSjustkeepsgettingworsesince1983
and it still remains, the entire reason for the post is upwards of 89% of earthbound humans have no idea how long a year is anywhere else.
STARWARSjustkeepsgettingworsesince1983
therefore "earth years" is redunant and completely unneeded
gandalfthegraygray
actually that statistic is just a wasted attempt to sound less wrong, most people on earth know a year is different on different planet
STARWARSjustkeepsgettingworsesince1983
the only way the "earth" designation would be needed, is if the audience has knowledge of other years, which they dont.
gandalfthegraygray
and you're also forgetting this has been posted on imgur which is mainly accessible to those in MEDC'
gandalfthegraygray
MEDC's so will quite likely have a rudimentary understanding of our solar system