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XKCD cartoon called Planetary Rings. Shows a planet with a ring of satellites around it. A checklist to the side lists all the planets with checkboxes to indicate if they have a ring or not. The checkboxes next to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have black checkmarks in them. The box next to earth has a red checkmark. The caption reads: "Astronomy fact: A century ago Earth didn't have rings, but we have one now! It's where all the satellite dishes are pointed."

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XKCD cartoon called Planetary Rings. Shows a planet with a ring of satellites around it. A checklist to the side lists all the planets with checkboxes to indicate if they have a ring or not. The checkboxes next to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have black checkmarks in them. The box next to earth has a red checkmark. The caption reads: "Astronomy fact: A century ago Earth didn't have rings, but we have one now! It's where all the satellite dishes are pointed."
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SarcastiCanadian (plumbert@thecanadian.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Nov-2025 16:02:23 JST SarcastiCanadian

https://xkcd.com/3156
@sundogplanets -- sometimes XKCD comes way too close to the truth.

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