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Haumea[edit]

Can somebody with photoshop talents add Haumea ? Thanks!

— SkyLined {^talk_contribs 15:46, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,I have updated the image, and done the changes you have requested.However, I am new to Wikipedia,and do not know how to update the image onto the page.Could you please guide me through this? Prahladan.prasanth (talk) 14:19, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't notice this until it was too late and I'd added the new planet myself. Sorry. Just get yourself an account at Wikimedia commons. I didn't know how to upload an image either until I tried it for myself. --Farry (talk) 13:17, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shadows[edit]

The shadows are completely wrong! —The preceding comment was added on 23:43, 23 October 2008 .

You are right, the shadows should be on the side that's not facing the Sun! Can someone please fix this? Scooter20 (talk) 10:50, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do you want to redraw the image from scratch? I'd guess that the NASA professional illustrator simply chose top-right illumination as though the planets were little spheres sitting where your computer screen is -- which probably looks more natural to the untrained eye. --Farry (talk) 13:17, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Font Notes[edit]

My contribution was only to add the newest dwarf planets to the existing image. I identified the relevant font using a tool at myfonts.com (but don't buy from them because they scam payments for free fonts as do most of the font sellers on the web). It was "Folio Bold Condensed BT" which I got free from webpagepublicity.com. The original size was approx 27pt at -50° rotation, but the labels of the dwarf planets at the bottom right looked as though they were at a shallower angle to my eyes due to an optical illusion, so I increased the angle for those to -55° which then looked OK to me. --Farry (talk) 13:17, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

90377 Sedna[edit]

Can please add it? Filper01 (Chat, My contribs) 09:59, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Wiki page for 90377 Sedna says that it's a "likely" dwarf planet. The International Astronomical Union are still thinking about it?.--Farry (talk) 10:40, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How was the sun created?[edit]

How was the sun created...?? And how come other planets weren't made like that..??

I am afraid that this is not the place to ask questions like that. Please go to WP:RD. Filper01 (Chat, My contribs) 10:42, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

sparkle[edit]

How much farther from the sun is pluto than earth? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.251.218.209 (talk) 21:21, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please visit WP:RD. Don't ask such questions here. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 05:14, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The picture has a great flaw....[edit]

The picture has the most major flaw in digital astronomical photography/art. Guess what? What's lighting up the planets in our SOLAR system? I guess it OUGHT to be our SUN...and not something else brighter than the sun in/from the other direction... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.118.231.91 (talk) 16:58, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What's with the scare quotes around "Planets" and "Dwarf planets"? 203.59.109.170 (talk) 01:14, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

License issue[edit]

Hi!

This picture has indeed been published on the NASA website but was clearly sourced from The International Astronomical Union/Martin Kornmesser so the PD license here is wrong.

The actual license for the original picture is Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

By the way, the original source provides a much better resolution image

Olivier Berten (talk) 10:52, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]