Most Interesting/Most Boring Objects in the Solar |
Most Interesting/Most Boring Objects in the Solar |
Jun 7 2007, 07:07 AM
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SewingMachine Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 27-September 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 510 |
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 -------------------- ...if you don't like my melody, i'll sing it in a major key, i'll sing it very happily. heavens! everybody's all aboard? let's take it back to that minor chord...
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Jun 8 2007, 01:22 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 723 Joined: 13-June 04 Member No.: 82 |
I am taking a similar post I made here several years ago, which was about my personal 'top 12' moons, and adding in planets and minor planets as appropriate. The top 10 in that combined list are as follows:
1: Titan 2: Earth 3: Europa 4: Venus 5: Io 6: Mars 7: Triton 8: Jupiter 9: Neptune 10: Luna Bill |
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Jun 10 2007, 04:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
I can't get into the mindset of what's most interesting given what we NEED to know. My list is what is most interesting based on what we do, plus my speculation. My top 25 -- hash marks after #10.
Funny, because my recent thoughts on Ganymede were that it's an interesting world and all that has the problem of being about the tenth most interesting place in the solar system. After sizing everything up, that was about right. Earth Titan Europa Mars Enceladus Io Venus Triton Jupiter Sun - - - Ganymede Saturn Miranda Pluto Iapetus Saturn's rings Neptune Dione Mercury Moon Uranus Tethys Callisto Vesta Amalthea |
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