Sol System

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The Sol System
Inner Sol System.jpg
Inner Sol System, as seen from Mars
First appearance"Space Pilot 3000" (1ACV01)
Episode

The Sol System is the home star system of Humans, Martians and Neptunians. The System's host star, Sol, is a fairly typical middle-aged yellow star that formed ca. 4.5 billion years ago. This star has a collection of 8 planets orbiting it, most with their own moons, as well as dwarf planets and an uncountable number of other, minor satellites.

Satellites

Major satellites

In order of distance from sun

Minor Satellites

Asteroid Belt

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Appearances : The Game
Description : Contains a junkyard run by Sal.

Unspecified Gas Planet's rings

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Appearances : 3ACV12
Description : The rings of an unspecified planet in this system have been seen to be inhabited by humans and aliens. The Blob family live there in an area known as Maple Craters.

Giant ball of garbage

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Appearances : 1ACV08
Description : In order to save New New York from a giant ball of 20th century garbage, another ball of garbage was created and launched into space. The original ball was deflected into the Sun and destroyed, but the new one remained on a long, eliptical trajectory and may threaten Earth again in the future.

Halley's Comet

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Appearances : 4ACV08
Description : Halley's Comet is a comet that orbits the Sun every 75.3 years. It was subject to military operations at least once (Old Man Waterfall helped reconquer it) and was Earth's primary source of ice to combat global warming until the resources were depleted in 3003.

Monolith

Jupiter Monolith.jpg

Appearances : "Put Your Head on My Shoulders"
Description : A monolith in orbit around Jupiter, like the one depicted in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick. It's out of order.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Before 3012 this position was held by Earth (7ACV02).