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by The Floofy Foxes of The Solar System Scope. . 497 reads.

What the flag contains (outdated)

(This is the old flag, just saying)
The flag literally is a scale 2D model of the Solar System, but the distances between the celestial objects are not to scale, although the sizes are 100% realistic. The flag was made by several images and some work on Paint. Even if the Solar System contains 1 star, 8 planets, 5 dwarf planets (recognized by the IAU), 421 natural satellites (173 of planets, 248 of minor planets), 627 308 known minor planets and 3 237 comets, not all of them are visible in this scale, because only 1 star, 8 planets, 4 dwarf planets, 16 natural satellites (16 of planets, 1 of Pluto) and 3 minor planets are the only bodies large enough to be visible.

The enormous orange area on the left of the flag is the Sun, and in this scale would barely fit on your screen, then the small grey dot on the right of the Sun is Mercury, next is the beige disc of Venus. Then, you can see the colorful blue-white-green circle of Earth along with the Moon, next is the red ball Mars. On the right is visible the oval shape of Jupiter along with the Galilean moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto). Between Mars and Jupiter we have the Asteroid Belt. Next to Jupiter is Saturn with its rings and largest moons (Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Iapetus). Tilted Uranus is orbited by the dots Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon. The outermost planet Neptune has only one moon visible (Triton). Then, you can slightly see the dwarf planet Pluto and its moon Charon, although many scientists consider them as a binary planet. Next, the dwarf planet Haumea, the small object Quaoar and the dwarf planet Makemake are also included. These objects (from Pluto to Makemake)are inside the Kuiper Belt.Eris, that lies in the Scattered disk, is also visible, but not to much. At last, we have the icy objects 2007 OR10 and Sedna (that may be in the inner regions of the Oort Cloud)that are cold and tiny.

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