I love coming across a novel gif, more so if it’s a space related one.
Sure, it’s not even remotely attempting to be to scale, but it can’t, so why try and pretend.
Still, there’s plenty to learn from these small scale animations, the order of the planets, how the inner planets circle the sun more times than the further out ones. Great little animation, and worthy of a few moments entertainment.
ps.. The planets all align around every 5200 years ! Just in case you were wondering, The next one is due in May 6, 2492 ! Mark it down in your calendar so you don’t forget :)
My loving husband just pitched a DS9 fic at me and said these actual words "and there's only one bucket"