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an image of the planet with its name on it

☿ MERCURY ☿ - a global map of Mercury's surface created from images obtained by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft. The colours are not what the eye would see, but are related to compositional variations on the surface. Explore Mercury in depth at https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/mercury

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the solar system is shown in this poster

"Shortly before his disappearance, the famous philosopher, explorer, engineer, and machinist Calvo Galvan, left behind several pieces of nonsensical writings, insane scribblings, and incomplete schematics; known collectively as Galvan's Code. Among these was a map of the Heavens, or rather, a map of the nearby celestial bodies and stars. During Galvan's time of the 1100s, astronomic studies were still in a catch-up phase, as the general understanding of universe and cosmos had yet to surpass…

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the planets and their names are shown in this poster, which shows them all different sizes

It’s hard to make a true-color family portrait of the solar system. It turns out that most photos of planets aren’t true colors! Here's my attempt, using the best NASA photos I could find.

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an image of the solar system with all its planets and their names in different colors

Earth is part of the Solar System, which is in itself a part of the Milky Way Galaxy. This Galaxy is among the group that compose the Virgo Supercluster, one of many who are supposed to construct the Universe.

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