Mathvsmyth
Solar System Series
Solar System
The eight planets, comet 2P/Encke, the dwarf planet Pluto and the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche, with this house's truth/myth treatment: what has been measured, what is marked as myth, and what remains open.
Author: Juan Carlos Euyoque Aguilera · October 7, 2026 · CC BY 4.0
Each piece separates the measured from the imagined: sourced data, myths marked as myth, questions that remain open, and — where this house holds a sealed theory (Mars, 16 Psyche) — the author's voice, without rewrites.
- [DATO] measured data
- [MODELO] interpreted / modeled
- [MITO] marked myth
- [PREGUNTA] open question
The eight planets
Mercury
57.9 million km (0.387 AU)
The planet closest to the Sun — and the least like what we imagine.
Jupiter
778.5 × 10⁶ km (5.2 AU)
The giant of the solar system: eternal storms and a shield that may not be one
Saturn
1,432 × 10⁶ km (9.6 AU)
The lord of the rings: young beauty with an expiration date
Uranus
2,867 × 10⁶ km (19.2 AU)
The sideways planet: the ice giant that rolls around the Sun
Neptune
4,515 × 10⁶ km (30.2 AU)
The blue-green giant: the planet mathematics found first
Minor bodies — known objects of the solar system
16 Psyche
~222 km mean diameter (approx. 280 x 232 x 164 km; irregular, potato-like shape)
The metal world between Mars and Jupiter.
Comet 2P/Encke
3.30 years (3.304) — the shortest orbital period of any reasonably bright, well-known comet
The shortest-period bright comet — and the parent of the Taurids.
Pluto
2,376.6 ± 3.2 km — smaller than the Moon (3,476 km)
Planet or not, it is in our solar system: the world with an icy heart.
Moons — eight worlds with their own piece
The moons of the solar system
From our Moon to Triton
The eight major moons with the same treatment: measured data, labeled myths, open questions.