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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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[–] [email protected] 87 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)
Planet Pixel offset Relative Distance in Comic Actual Distance in AU
Mercury 93 0.3907 0.39
Venus 169 0.7101 0.72
Earth 238 1 1
Mars 362 1.5210 1.52
Jupiter 1229 5.1639 5.2
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Btw, I also really like how you misspelled "typo" in the title

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

And it's probably actually a typi since the letters are next to each other on qwerty.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not that I should have doubted Munroe but that's incredible.