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xkcd #2863: Space Typography (imgs.xkcd.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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And over heeee[...]eeeere (i)s Saturn

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[โ€“] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Apparently it's actually very accurate

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

If the planets remained in conjunction as they went around the Sun, yes. The planets don't wander as though they're attached to the spoke of a wheel though... and as I click through the explainxkcd link, it seems that someone else has pointed that out, albeit in other words.