“Am I just growing up, or am I growing old?” - “The Drive”, The Animators

Green is the color of a warm bright home
A nice familiar balance for this biodome
So known to us all that you might not even see it
Or realize if that facade were hiding someone’s secret

Red is the color of ambition overblown
Of a giant sphere of influence too big to be known
And perhaps some regret, for we know no one comes near
It’s been too many years for you to whisper in my ear

Blue is the color of…

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The terrestrial planets are small,
not very massive but dense,
close to the Sun and have few moons.
They have rocky outer parts and iron cores.

– A. Filippenko, slide CS-95, fall 2009

The Jovian planets are large, massive
but not very dense, far from the Sun,
and have many moons. They are
mostly liquid, but have rock/iron
cores. They rotate rapidly.

– A. Filippenko, slide CS-111, fall 2009

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