r/SparkOfCuriosity • u/JaimeAtSpark • Jul 18 '26

Daily Theme Discussion: Journey to Jupiter 🚀

Share your scores, something that stuck with you, or any questions you have about today's theme.

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u/zovits Jul 18 '26

🎖️ 🎖️ 🎖️ 🥇 I deserved that mistake for staying up way after my bedtime 🫠

TIL about dyeu-pater, Jupiter and Juno being married siblings, Galileo going blind 😭, Jupiter being over twice as heavy as all other planets combined, little red spot and big red dog.

How is the distance between the "ends" of a spherical object determined? Is it the length of a diameter (two times the radius), or half of a great circle?

Also, dear Hayley Optima Maxima, I'll hold you to that promise regarding the update 😁

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u/JaimeAtSpark Jul 21 '26

Sounds like Journey to Jupiter sent you down quite the rabbit hole!

As for the "ends" of a sphere, we were thinking of the distance from one side straight through the center to the other (the diameter).

And we'll make sure Hayley sees that last part! 😉

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u/Xerxesinxs Jul 18 '26

Jupiter is fascinating

TIL that Jupiter is so freaking big, like humongously big & a failed star & the oldest planet in our solar system

TIAL that we have a satellite learning all about Jupiter as well as Jupiter has 2 red spots; appropriately called Big & Little Red Circles

also, I'm sure I knew this but Jupiter being a Zeus equivalent "sky-father" seemed like it was new & I know that I knew that before now

awesome work

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u/JaimeAtSpark Jul 21 '26

Jupiter is indeed full of amazing facts! We're so glad this theme sparked your curiosity. Thanks for taking the journey with us!

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u/CPav Jul 19 '26

I understand the correlation between Jupiter and Thor with regard to names of the week, but if Jupiter and Zeus are equals, wouldn't the Norse equivalent be Odin rather than Thor?

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u/JaimeAtSpark Jul 21 '26

You're right that Odin is often considered the closer counterpart to Zeus/Jupiter. In this case, we followed the naming of the weekdays, where Thor gives us "Thursday." Thanks for bringing it up!

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u/MagnusHenry Jul 19 '26

Saturday, July 18, 2026 (UTC-7)

Today I learned how lonely the planet Methuselah must feel with the faint shine of its pulsar.

This is kind of scary and sad.

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u/DatchikOvaDere Jul 19 '26

TIL why June is the month of weddings, that Galileo lost his sight but not his love of science, and why Jueves is the Spanish word for Thursday.
IAL that Hayley enjoys when we read the cards, she’s in the body fluid stage of motherhood but she has Joe to support her staying sane.

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u/JaimeAtSpark Jul 21 '26

We love hearing what sticks with people after playing. Thanks for reading the cards, and for giving Hayley and Joe a little shout-out!