# What's your favorite planet? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186 "2012-12-06T14:56:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/21 "2012-12-06T16:16:39Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > Eris is bigger, and 27% more massive. Does that make it Durin the deathless? šŸ˜‰ Eris is an attention whore. Pluto still rules. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/22 "2012-12-06T16:19:09Z")
Mercury. Itā€™s small and eccentric, like me! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/23 "2012-12-06T16:20:17Z")
I chose ā€œ_Other/Oort Cloud (not Earth)_ā€, in order to specify **Ceti Alpha V**. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/24 "2012-12-06T17:25:50Z")
Venus Iā€™m a Taurus, Iā€™m ruled by Venus, the planet named for the Goddess of Love of Beauty. I might get smote if I pick a different planet. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/25 "2012-12-06T17:47:55Z")
Well, of the ones Iā€™ve visitedā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/26 "2012-12-06T17:52:25Z")
Mercury because itā€™s days are longer than itā€™s years. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/27 "2012-12-06T18:02:43Z")
So far, itā€™s gotta be Mars. We donā€™t have as many cool pics of the other planets yet. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/28 "2012-12-06T18:10:07Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > I chose ā€œ_Other/Oort Cloud (not Earth)_ā€, in order to specify **Ceti Alpha V**. Thanks for the ear worm. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/29 "2012-12-06T18:11:16Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > Iā€™m going to try and head-off this argument (and probably fail, but hey). Itā€™s just a matter of taxonomy, which isnā€™t a precise science. Pluto doesnā€™t care what it is called, itā€™s still the same object and just as interesting as it ever was. In 2015, a space probe will get there, and weā€™ll get a proper look at it. Due to budget constraints, we will not get to [probe Uranus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus_orbiter_and_probe) any time soon ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/30 "2012-12-06T18:47:25Z")
Ceres. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/31 "2012-12-06T19:07:57Z")
Venus. Because sheā€™s got it, yeah baby, sheā€™s got it. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/32 "2012-12-06T19:14:16Z")
Titan, moon of Saturn. Bigger than our moon, second largest moon in the solar system. It has a dense atmosphere and liquid (methane and ethane) on the surface. Plus, what a view up in the sky! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/33 "2012-12-06T19:33:19Z")
Jupiter. Not only does it have the best theme tune (Mars is pretty good too) it also does Earth a solid by attracting cosmic bric-a-brac with its massive gravity well ([wallop!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-msU-YVb9E)). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/34 "2012-12-06T19:33:37Z")
[Whatā€™s your favorite planet? Mineā€™s the sun! I like it because itā€™s like the king of planets.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=haAhdtDmsOw#t=64s) ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/35 "2012-12-06T19:53:25Z")
I like it hot. I voted Mercury. ---
**Author:** ![Werekoala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@Werekoala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Werekoala)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/36 "2012-12-06T19:55:29Z")
Saturn - because of the rings of course, and the fact that since we have a dedicated probe taking pics almost every day, it turns out to have some of the strangest/coolest moons and things going on in its atmosphere. Hexagonal polar storms? WTF? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/37 "2012-12-06T20:04:01Z")
One of the complaints about Pluto is that the barycenter of Charonā€™s orbit is not within Pluto, that they mutually orbit a point that is between the two. Weak sauce, really, when you consider that the barycenter of Jupiterā€™s orbit is above the surface of the sun. Which makes Jupiter pretty awesome. But I still like Saturn better. I mean they named a winter festival after it. But mostly for all the weird things in Saturn space. The co-orbital moons Janus and Epimethus, the geysers of Enceladus, the two-toned Iapetus (where Clarke put the second monolith in the original book), Hyperion the sponge and of course smoggy Titan. And there is the very odd hexagonal weather pattern at the south pole. Seriously, why be normal? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/38 "2012-12-06T20:15:36Z")
Saturn for the rings - a nice permanent camp on Mimas looks good to me from a quick look on Celestia. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/39 "2012-12-06T20:38:30Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > Venus is a hell-hole. > [@Jophiel](#): > > Venus, cause women are from there and Iā€™m all about the ladies Okay, that adds up. Each explains the other. Myself, I vote for Tralfamadore. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/40 "2012-12-06T20:44:47Z")
Venus. Mapping its progression across the sky was my favorite part of my sophomore year Ptolemy class. She dances. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186.md?page=3)