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post Jun 7 2007, 07:07 AM
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Yes, it's time to Rock the Inner Geek and proclaim your love for what you consider to be what's hot and what's...well, boring in terms of planetary excitement. Criteria may include dynamicism, color, scale, grandeur, crater-counting wrist torture, budgetary reality, and whatever else you might consider relevant. I'll open with my own picks, without giving any particular reasons. (Earth can count if you like)

In descending order...

Most Interesting:

1.) Io
2.) Titan
3.) Europa
4.) Enceladus
5.) Mars
6.) Triton
7.) Venus
8.) Pluto
9.) Dione
10. Iapetus


Least Interesting:

1.) Rhea
2.) Luna
3.) Mercury
4.) Oberon
5.) Mimas
6.) Tethys
7.) Callisto
8.) Ganymede
9.) Earth
10.) New Jersey


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post Jun 8 2007, 05:51 PM
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Io...overrated.... blink.gif mad.gif oohhh, it's on!

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Seriously, I am with you on Phobos. Can someone please tell me why the Soviets/Russians were/are so interested in Phobos?!?


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- Exploitcorporations   Most Interesting/Most Boring Objects in the Solar   Jun 7 2007, 07:07 AM
- - volcanopele   hehe Most Interesting: 1) Io 2) Titan 3) Triton 4...   Jun 7 2007, 07:24 AM
- - Exploitcorporations   Bonus points for listing Mars twice, and equating ...   Jun 7 2007, 07:49 AM
- - Cugel   My list, kind of search-for-life centered I think....   Jun 7 2007, 08:26 AM
- - ngunn   Most interesting: Earth Titan Mars Venus Sedna G...   Jun 7 2007, 08:56 AM
- - Toma B   I can't believe that some of you put Moon in t...   Jun 7 2007, 09:03 AM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (Toma B @ Jun 7 2007, 02:03 AM) I can't ...   Jun 7 2007, 05:06 PM
- - djellison   I can't think of a single body in the solar sy...   Jun 7 2007, 10:15 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   I echo what Doug said (and no, I'm not forgett...   Jun 7 2007, 11:57 AM
- - akuo   As most interesting: Comets! Possibly the most...   Jun 7 2007, 12:19 PM
- - OWW   From most to least interesting: Terra Titan Mars...   Jun 7 2007, 12:41 PM
|- - tedstryk   I started with a list, but I realized that there w...   Jun 7 2007, 01:20 PM
- - Rob Pinnegar   Well, here we go. Most interesting: Titan, Mars, ...   Jun 7 2007, 01:57 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Rob Pinnegar @ Jun 7 2007, 02:57 P...   Jun 7 2007, 02:23 PM
|- - Toma B   QUOTE (Rob Pinnegar @ Jun 7 2007, 03:57 P...   Jun 8 2007, 07:52 AM
- - jaredGalen   Quote of the Day for ugordan! "You can...   Jun 7 2007, 02:36 PM
- - ugordan   The ironic part is I included Uranus in the boring...   Jun 7 2007, 02:51 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   I find the denigration of Ceres as an object of in...   Jun 7 2007, 03:07 PM
- - brellis   Most dull and uninteresting object in the solar sy...   Jun 7 2007, 04:05 PM
- - Exploitcorporations   I clearly could have phrased the topic/question be...   Jun 7 2007, 05:47 PM
- - dvandorn   Now, see, I'm in the camp that every solar sys...   Jun 7 2007, 06:07 PM
- - Juramike   My preferences based on hard drive storage percent...   Jun 7 2007, 06:18 PM
- - volcanopele   LOL let me try that out. No percentages, just the...   Jun 7 2007, 07:01 PM
- - ugordan   There's a slight hint of you being an Io fan r...   Jun 7 2007, 07:18 PM
- - Exploitcorporations   (Expletive deleted), that really does skew the bal...   Jun 7 2007, 08:10 PM
- - Pavel   Most Interesting: 1) Europa 2) Titan 3) Mars 4) Ga...   Jun 7 2007, 08:52 PM
- - nprev   What's very telling is VP's space allocate...   Jun 7 2007, 11:26 PM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 7 2007, 04:26 PM) What...   Jun 8 2007, 12:54 AM
|- - mchan   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jun 7 2007, 05:54 PM...   Jun 11 2007, 07:56 AM
- - nprev   You sure Io isn't the Hawaii of the Solar Syst...   Jun 8 2007, 01:01 AM
- - Mongo   I am taking a similar post I made here several yea...   Jun 8 2007, 01:22 AM
|- - JRehling   I can't get into the mindset of what's mos...   Jun 10 2007, 04:45 PM
- - edstrick   "...If I had to list an uninspiring object, I...   Jun 8 2007, 07:10 AM
- - mchan   Based on where I would like to see umsf craft go f...   Jun 8 2007, 07:45 AM
- - djellison   That's the flaw in this debate. What is intri...   Jun 8 2007, 09:39 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 8 2007, 10:39 AM) ...   Jun 8 2007, 12:31 PM
- - ugordan   I have a feeling Ceres can't turn out as borin...   Jun 8 2007, 11:35 AM
- - David   Rather than just list "most interesting...   Jun 8 2007, 12:54 PM
- - Pavel   Perhaps instead of "most boring objects...   Jun 8 2007, 03:33 PM
- - lyford   Good distinction, Pavel! Which object is undu...   Jun 8 2007, 04:25 PM
- - J.J.   ^ Agree with Pavel...I don't think anything in...   Jun 8 2007, 04:26 PM
- - volcanopele   Io...overrated.... oohhh, it's on! ...   Jun 8 2007, 05:51 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jun 8 2007, 07:51 AM...   Jun 8 2007, 06:13 PM
- - Exploitcorporations   This whole exchange gave me another bright idea. T...   Jun 8 2007, 09:12 PM
- - Rakhir   Very nice !   Jun 8 2007, 09:26 PM
- - ngunn   I agree, that's beautiful, but please can we h...   Jun 8 2007, 09:33 PM
|- - OWW   QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 8 2007, 10:33 PM) plea...   Jun 8 2007, 10:31 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 8 2007, 11:33 AM) I ag...   Jun 8 2007, 10:32 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jun 8 2007, 11:32 ...   Jun 9 2007, 08:29 PM
- - Exploitcorporations   Sorry about the captions, ngunn...OWW is correct o...   Jun 9 2007, 05:19 AM
|- - OWW   QUOTE (Exploitcorporations @ Jun 9 2007, 06...   Jun 9 2007, 07:49 AM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (Exploitcorporations @ Jun 8 2007, 10...   Jun 9 2007, 08:28 AM
|- - J.J.   QUOTE (Exploitcorporations @ Jun 9 2007, 12...   Jun 9 2007, 04:37 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE As for Rhea, I was really grasping at straws...   Jun 10 2007, 04:42 AM
- - Thu   Here're my favourite places 1. Titan's...   Jun 9 2007, 12:36 PM
- - edstrick   "Ironically, Rhea's about the only body t...   Jun 10 2007, 08:54 AM
|- - David   Rhea is the moon that looks more like any other mo...   Jun 10 2007, 04:19 PM
- - Zvezdichko   Most interesting: 1. Mars 2. Europa 3. Titan 4. E...   Jun 11 2007, 09:50 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Jun 11 2007, 02:50 AM...   Jun 11 2007, 08:00 PM
|- - hendric   QUOTE (JRehling @ Jun 11 2007, 03:00 PM) ...   Jun 12 2007, 05:57 AM
- - ngunn   I'd like to join the 'interesting Venus...   Jun 12 2007, 09:47 AM
|- - JRehling   The Venus quirk that blocks what would otherwise b...   Jun 12 2007, 05:46 PM
- - dvandorn   Venus is an interesting place, yes. It is somewha...   Jun 12 2007, 05:59 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 12 2007, 06:59 PM) ...   Jun 12 2007, 09:04 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 12 2007, 09:04 PM) Eve...   Jul 2 2007, 04:26 AM
- - volcanopele   Why would you need to place the seismic network ...   Jun 12 2007, 06:06 PM
- - Decepticon   RE: Most Interesting/Most Boring Objects in the Solar   Jul 2 2007, 03:05 AM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (Decepticon @ Jul 1 2007, 08:05 PM)...   Jul 2 2007, 04:58 AM
- - mchan   Note Decepticon did not state Most WHAT / Least WH...   Jul 2 2007, 08:39 AM
- - Decepticon   RE: Most Interesting/Most Boring Objects in the Solar   Jul 2 2007, 04:00 PM
- - marsbug   In rough order of personal preference: Earth Tita...   Jul 2 2007, 05:56 PM
- - jasedm   I've been thinking about this from the point o...   Nov 7 2007, 05:48 PM
- - Geographer   The moons of the outer planets fascinate me the mo...   Nov 11 2007, 04:59 PM
|- - Jeff7   QUOTE (Geographer @ Nov 11 2007, 11:59 AM...   Nov 12 2007, 02:07 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Just to correct a surprisingly common misconceptio...   Nov 11 2007, 06:46 PM
|- - jasedm   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Nov 11 2007, 06:46 P...   Nov 12 2007, 09:22 AM
- - Stu   Most interesting object in the solar system: Mars ...   Nov 11 2007, 07:01 PM
- - tasp   Here's one for the probably most surprisingly ...   Nov 11 2007, 09:56 PM
|- - GregM   .   Nov 12 2007, 02:45 AM
- - Betelgeuze   My list: 1) Ceres 2) Europa 3) Titan 4) Enceladus...   Nov 11 2007, 10:56 PM
- - rogelio   My two main criteria for “most interesting/boring”...   Nov 12 2007, 08:36 PM
- - Gladstoner   .   Jan 15 2008, 09:52 AM
- - tasp   {work with me here} Rhea's 'boringness...   Jan 15 2008, 03:12 PM
|- - JRehling   I think Rhea's boringness is a psychological a...   Jan 15 2008, 10:06 PM
- - marsbug   I have at least one paper suggesting Rhea may be m...   Jan 15 2008, 05:04 PM
- - jasedm   Poor old Rhea (old being the operative word) - Nob...   Jan 15 2008, 05:57 PM
- - tasp   Well . . . An 'active' Ariel might be wha...   Jan 15 2008, 07:13 PM
|- - jasedm   QUOTE (tasp @ Jan 15 2008, 07:13 PM) Not ...   Jan 16 2008, 02:35 AM
- - jasedm   Agreed. I think it almost certain that Ariel has b...   Jan 15 2008, 08:25 PM
- - Superstring   Bumping this thread in light of recent exploration...   Aug 9 2015, 06:26 PM
- - volcanopele   Great list, Superstring, I think you and I would g...   Aug 10 2015, 08:17 PM
|- - Superstring   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 10 2015, 08:17 P...   Aug 10 2015, 11:50 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Aug 10 2015, 03:17 P...   Aug 12 2015, 10:58 PM
- - HSchirmer   Most interesting, Methone, the Mork-from-Ork moon ...   Aug 11 2015, 05:13 PM
- - Habukaz   Hmm, tough task. Of the objects that have been vi...   Aug 16 2015, 10:01 AM
- - Antdoghalo   Sorry to necropost but this is a fun topic Most i...   Feb 16 2022, 07:10 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Hi Antdoghalo. Most of the worlds you say are b...   Feb 23 2022, 11:00 PM


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