Z Side Wins Again

…just in case you had momentarily forgotten: there are humans above us in space right now, and what they’re seeing is utterly unlike any terrestrial experience.

Also: I have no idea how the non-astronomy-nerd public feels about these sorts of things, but as of yesterday, Neptune has finally completed an orbit since the date of its (formal*) discovery: September 24th, 18-fucking-46.

So, Birthday-Neptune, to Regular Humans: bigger deal than, roughly equivalent to, or less significant than Jeter’s 3,000th hit?

* Incidentally, Neptune could have been yet another feather in Galileo’s cap, but he mistook it for a blue star, since it barely moved relative to the background of actual stars.