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Why I'm Called - Saturn

I am Saturn. I am the sixth planet from the Sun. My name was given in antiquity (observed by Babylonians ~2000 BCE). I was named by Ancient Babylonians (as Ninurta),

Why I'm Called - Uranus

I am Uranus. I am the seventh planet from the Sun. My name was given in 1782 (discovered 1781; named 1782). I was named by Johann Bode (proposed the name); William

Just look up.

Banner created in canva   Ah, our love to look up and try to find new places. Like the TV show that I used to watch used to say " Space: the final frontier."

Why I'm Called - Jupiter

I am Jupiter. I am the fifth planet from the Sun. My name was given in antiquity (observed by Babylonians ~2000 BCE). I was named by Ancient Babylonians (as Marduk),

Why I'm Called - Neptune

I am Neptune. I am the eighth planet from the Sun. My name was given in 1846. I was named by Urbain Le Verrier (predicted it mathematically) and Johann Galle (observed

Why I'm Called - Earth

I am Earth. I am the third planet from the Sun. You live on me! My name was given in antiquity (Old English name formalized ~8th century CE; recognized as a planet

Regions In Space: Zodiacal Dust Cloud

Regions In Space: Zodiacal Dust Cloud The Zodiacal Dust Cloud is a vast, pancake-shaped cloud of fine dust particles permeating the inner solar system, concentrated

Regions In Space: Trojan Asteroids

Regions In Space: Trojan Asteroids The Trojan Asteroids are groups of asteroids that share orbits with planets, clustered at the L4 and L5 Lagrangian points—stable

Why I'm Called - Ceres

I am Ceres. I am a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt. My name was given in 1801. I was named by Giuseppe Piazzi (discoverer and namer). My name came about when I

Regions In Space: Centaurs

Regions In Space: Centaurs The Centaurs are a population of small, icy bodies in unstable orbits between Jupiter and Neptune, typically ranging from 5 to 30 AU from

Why I'm Called - Venus

I am Venus. I am the second planet from the Sun. My name was given in antiquity (observed by Babylonians ~2000 BCE). I was named by Ancient Babylonians (as Ishtar),

Why I'm Called - Pluto

I am Pluto. I am a dwarf planet(?) in the Kuiper Belt. My name was given in 1930. I was named by Venetia Burney (suggested the name, aged 11); adopted by Lowell

S O L A R S Y S T E M 🌌 | To Scale

🌌 Journey Through the Solar System Ok, without going too much into my hobby of being an amateur astronomer, today I decided to check something off my bucket-list:

Why I'm Called - Mercury

I am Mercury. I am the closest planet to the Sun. My name was given in antiquity (observed by Babylonians ~2000 BCE). I was named by Ancient Babylonians (as Nabu),

Regions In Space: Kuiper Belt

Regions In Space: Kuiper Belt The Kuiper Belt is a doughnut-shaped region of icy bodies extending from Neptune’s orbit at 30 AU to about 50 AU from the Sun. It contains

Regions In Space: Asteroid Belt

Regions In Space: Asteroid Belt The Asteroid Belt is a torus-shaped region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, containing millions of rocky bodies called asteroids.

Why I'm Called - Eris

I am Eris. I am a dwarf planet in the scattered disc. My name was given in 2006. I was named by IAU (after discovery by Mike Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz

Regions In Space: Inner Solar System

Regions In Space: Inner Solar System The Inner Solar System is the bustling region encompassing the Sun and the terrestrial planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars—along

Why I'm Called - Haumea

I am Haumea. I am a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt. My name was given in 2008. I was named by IAU (after disputed discovery by Mike Brown's team in 2004 and José

Regions In Space: Trilumar Ring

Regions In Space: Trilumar Ring The Trilumar Ring is a proposed designation for the ring-like region of space encompassing Earth, its Moon, and Mars, including