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Friday, April 24th, 2026

Live-Poll: The Planets

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In 1914, the renowned British composer Gustav Holst wrote the orchestral suite Gustav Holst: The Planets (2018). It is by far his most famous work. In it, he musically portrays the planets Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. When you read facts about these planets, they can be quite astonishing. I have researched three surprising facts about each of them. Which of these facts amazes you the most? Please note: Gustav Holst did not include Earth in his suite The Planets. It is added here for completeness. Click here if you’d like to join the discussion.
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We could discuss, if we would add the former Planet Pluto, which is now obsolete in the list. Pluto is a dwarf planet, which is not further mentioned as a planet.
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12 days ago

@Breumaster,

Gustav Holst's The Planets is one of my favorite symphonic suites. I now have Mars, the Bringer of War, going through my head. 

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12 days ago

@Breumaster,

Your discussion link links back to the list. Please correct.

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@dan_dassow​ 

I'm very sorry for that, Dan. Corrected. I guess my head was on Venus. ;)

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@Breumaster​ ,

@dan_dassow​ 

I'm very sorry for that, Dan. Corrected. I guess my head was on Venus. ;)

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@Breumaster​ ,

@dan_dassow​ 

Btw.:

I've opened another box of Pandorra ...

This Pandora's Box need to be opened.  

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@Jessica​ 

Wow! That was great work, Jessica! Thank you very much!!! I will make a image-poll instead. That was my first try, but I couldn't find all planets,

so I skipped it. and tried it with titles. I was also at "The Planets", but there wasn't a good

venus image. I guess these will fit. Look at it a bit later.

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@Jessica​ 

I have now created the new list and optimized it for mobile devices. The problem with the display on mobile devices is that it is not shown line by line, but instead appears concatenated without proper separation. That is why I added dots at the end of the lines and dashes after the planets.

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@Breumaster​ 

Thanks, it looks nice. :)

Maybe it would be cool if they were in the same order as in the solar system - Mercury at #1 and Neptune last.

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@Jessica​ 

Thank you Jessica. The order isn't random. It's in the order of Holst's "The Planets". That's why I referred to it.

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@Breumaster​ and @Jessica​ ,

This poll is gorgeous with the pictures that Jessica found.

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@dan_dassow​ 

Thanx@Jessica. :D

Thank you, Dan.

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@dan_dassow​ Thank you, Dan. Thank you, Jessica. :D

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4 days ago

I voted for Mercury. It's mind boggling that a day can be longer than a year. The temperature difference is pretty wild too. 

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@Jessica​ 

My wife's second though was about the vulcano on Mars, but then she decided for Earth, because of life and home. I myself decided for Neptun, because its winds blew my mind away. ~2400 km/h! Really? That's fast like a supersonic airplane, about Mach 2. I was also overwhelmed by Venus with about 92 times Earth atmospheric pressure! Jesus, that's a pressure like in a Diesel Engine.

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