# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/41 "2012-12-06T20:55:09Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Pluto because we all know what its like being unemployed. It’s not unemployed, it just got demoted is all. 🙂 Link to the appropriate [Woot Shirt](http://shirt.woot.com/offers/minor-modifications) ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/42 "2012-12-06T22:43:20Z")
Neptune. It’s all blue and pretty and even its name sounds cool. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/43 "2012-12-06T22:59:49Z")
Neptune is boring! I like Saturn the best. Everyone knows chicks dig enormous rings. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/44 "2012-12-07T00:01:39Z")
Jupiter is awesome with its swirly bands and the Great Red Spot, but mostly I have an irrational love for the [Galilean moons](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=iL7&sa=X&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&biw=1600&bih=728&tbm=isch&tbnid=pam1ubhF7ohH3M:&imgrefurl=http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/exploring-jupiters-icy-moons.html&docid=ptHHGGMQ6rPpaM&imgurl=http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Image-of-Galilean-Moons.jpg&w=580&h=406&ei=dTHBULWGBeqx0AGGqYDYAg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=224&vpy=278&dur=499&hovh=188&hovw=268&tx=152&ty=99&sig=111338706714234820099&page=2&tbnh=123&tbnw=182&start=32&ndsp=37&ved=1t:429,r:55,s:0,i:283), especially Io. Poor Io. My nickname for Io is [Pizza Face](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=jupiter+io&hl=en&sa=X&tbo=d&gl=us&biw=1600&bih=728&tbm=isch&tbnid=k371pS32ZlgsdM:&imgrefurl=http://www.cosmos4kids.com/extras/dtop_solsyst/io.html&docid=hDPvtpJfBPj8IM&imgurl=http://www.cosmos4kids.com/extras/dtop_solsyst/io_580.jpg&w=580&h=435&ei=8zDBUM3bFtKx0QGrlIDACw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=685&vpy=128&dur=2419&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=153&ty=103&sig=111338706714234820099&page=1&tbnh=141&tbnw=188&start=0&ndsp=33&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0,i:98). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/45 "2012-12-07T02:50:46Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > 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! I picked Saturn mainly because of Titan. Isn’t that the one that has features that resemble the Jersey Shore, only with methane instead of water? Sounds like a lame joke, but I’m serious. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/46 "2012-12-07T03:57:30Z")
Uranus, because it’s tilted on its side. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/47 "2012-12-07T04:03:02Z")
Pluto because it was named after Mickey’s dog. Also, you forgot the moon. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/48 "2012-12-07T04:08:27Z")
Venus. I don’t know. It’s close to the sun, so I always get the feeling that (even though I know the atmosphere is actually deadly), that it’s like some deep green, lush, hot, rain forest-y place. And the whole “Venus Goddess of Love and Beauty” thing too. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/49 "2012-12-07T04:13:48Z")
> [@For You](#): > > 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? This. Saturn is just _interesting_. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/50 "2012-12-07T04:26:16Z")
Jupiter has the most atmosphere, ha ha ha. Plus the best selection of moons. ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/51 "2012-12-07T05:29:00Z")
Jupiter, it has the biggest electric field, it radiates energy, it has storms that last for years, it has a number of moons, it might even affect volcanic and tectonic activity here on earth. Named for a god, second brightest planet in the night sky. What’s not to like? The moon is a moon not a planet. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/52 "2012-12-07T05:33:53Z")
> [@getitrite](#): > > The moon is a moon not a planet. The moon co-orbits the sun with the earth. Why isn’t it a planet? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/53 "2012-12-07T05:48:42Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I’m glad that Neptune is getting so much love. It’s such a jewel. My choice too. ---
**Author:** ![EMCEE\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@EMCEE\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EMCEE_98)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/54 "2012-12-07T05:50:52Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > [What’s your favorite planet? Mine’s the sun! I like it because it’s like the king of planets.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=haAhdtDmsOw#t=64s) Damn, beat me to it 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/55 "2012-12-07T08:46:26Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > The moon co-orbits the sun with the earth. Why isn’t it a planet? I’ve heard the argument before that it’s just tradition, and that if we weren’t used to calling Luna a moon we’d call Earth/Luna a double planet. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/56 "2012-12-07T13:44:06Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > I’ve heard the argument before that it’s just tradition, and that if we weren’t used to calling Luna a moon we’d call Earth/Luna a double planet. Yes of course. The term ‘planet’ has no suitable definition for the bodies we know of. Recent changes have just been the result of snotty astonomers trying to pretend the term has some scientific significance. A child could easily see that a definition of planet that includes Jupiter and Mercury, but excludes Pluto and Luna was formed by a bad case of academic cranial rectitis. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/57 "2012-12-07T15:03:11Z")
I voted Jupiter. I’ve always been fascinated by the Galilean moons. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/58 "2012-12-07T15:50:41Z")
The results of this poll are interesting. What spurred it was a show I recorded from the Science channel. They said that Saturn was everybody’s favorite planet. Looks like they were right! But there’s still a lot of love for Pluto. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/59 "2012-12-07T15:58:46Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Yes of course. The term ‘planet’ has no suitable definition for the bodies we know of. Recent changes have just been the result of snotty astonomers trying to pretend the term has some scientific significance. A child could easily see that a definition of planet that includes Jupiter and Mercury, but excludes Pluto and Luna was formed by a bad case of academic cranial rectitis. We had this argument in General Questions, and your assertions are just wrong. The moon is a moon, not a planet. Its primary motion is around the earth. Their definition, snotty or not, is consistent. Mercury has cleared its orbital zone; Pluto has not. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186/60 "2012-12-07T16:14:53Z")
Why can’t I pick Earth? No particular attraction, but since I heard Jupiter might be a failed star, that sounds cool, so I picked it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-planet/643186.md?page=4)