A Distracting Puzzle
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One, three, four, two; seven, eight, six, five.
Size, we're told, doesn't matter.
But if it did, there's the answer!
Four solid, yet light. Four airy, yet heavy.
One stands crooked, one has a twin.
One's got an eye, like one in a picture.
But there is another! A big one!
This one's not like the others:
That which holds it all together.
A few more attributes, our mystery has:
Two belts! One of them holds a member
That was once thought to be another.
It isn't!
What is the name of the collection of members that this poem describes?
riddle knowledge poetry
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Brandon_JBrandon_J
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$begingroup$
One, three, four, two; seven, eight, six, five.
Size, we're told, doesn't matter.
But if it did, there's the answer!
Four solid, yet light. Four airy, yet heavy.
One stands crooked, one has a twin.
One's got an eye, like one in a picture.
But there is another! A big one!
This one's not like the others:
That which holds it all together.
A few more attributes, our mystery has:
Two belts! One of them holds a member
That was once thought to be another.
It isn't!
What is the name of the collection of members that this poem describes?
riddle knowledge poetry
asked 4 hours ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
1,589227
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The title is vaguely associated with the subject at hand, but not very closely. Don't spend too much time on it.
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– Brandon_J
3 hours ago
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$begingroup$
One, three, four, two; seven, eight, six, five.
Size, we're told, doesn't matter.
But if it did, there's the answer!
Four solid, yet light. Four airy, yet heavy.
One stands crooked, one has a twin.
One's got an eye, like one in a picture.
But there is another! A big one!
This one's not like the others:
That which holds it all together.
A few more attributes, our mystery has:
Two belts! One of them holds a member
That was once thought to be another.
It isn't!
What is the name of the collection of members that this poem describes?
riddle knowledge poetry
asked 4 hours ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
1,589227
$endgroup$
One, three, four, two; seven, eight, six, five.
Size, we're told, doesn't matter.
But if it did, there's the answer!
Four solid, yet light. Four airy, yet heavy.
One stands crooked, one has a twin.
One's got an eye, like one in a picture.
But there is another! A big one!
This one's not like the others:
That which holds it all together.
A few more attributes, our mystery has:
Two belts! One of them holds a member
That was once thought to be another.
It isn't!
What is the name of the collection of members that this poem describes?
riddle knowledge poetry
riddle knowledge poetry
asked 4 hours ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
1,589227
asked 4 hours ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
1,589227
asked 4 hours ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
1,589227
asked 4 hours ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
1,589227
asked 4 hours ago
Brandon_JBrandon_J
1,589227
1,589227
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The title is vaguely associated with the subject at hand, but not very closely. Don't spend too much time on it.
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– Brandon_J
3 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The title is vaguely associated with the subject at hand, but not very closely. Don't spend too much time on it.
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
3 hours ago
$begingroup$
The title is vaguely associated with the subject at hand, but not very closely. Don't spend too much time on it.
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
3 hours ago
$begingroup$
The title is vaguely associated with the subject at hand, but not very closely. Don't spend too much time on it.
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
3 hours ago
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The planets.
One, three, four, two; seven, eight, six, five.
Size, we're told, doesn't matter.
But if it did, there's the answer!
There are eight planets, hence the first clue (the order of the sequence given eludes me still, unfortunately).
Four solid, yet light. Four airy, yet heavy.
One stands crooked, one has a twin.
One's got an eye, like one in a picture.
Jupiter has an eye. Uranus and Neptune are alike, essentially twin planets. Neptune, I believe, has an extreme tilt on its axis relative to its orbital plane.
But there is another! A big one!
This one's not like the others:
That which holds it all together.
The sun is not quite like the rest of the planets, but its gravity is what forms the solar system.
A few more attributes, our mystery has:
Two belts! One of them holds a member .
That was once thought to be another.
It isn't!
The asteroid belt, and the other belt (Kuiper Belt) of debris and exoplanets that extends far out past Neptune, which includes Pluto (once considered to be a planet, now no longer).
answered 2 hours ago
SirDerpySirDerpy
411
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First word of line two.
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– Brandon_J
1 hour ago
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I considered sorting them by size, but...assuming they line up with their distance, that's not their relative sizes; for instance, Three is the largest of One, Two, Three, and Four. And five, six, seven, eight, by size, are sorted Eight, Seven, Six, Five.
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– SirDerpy
1 hour ago
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I misspoke on the second array - Seven, Eight, Six, Five is the proper ordering. Still, Three is absolutely larger than Four, Two, and One.
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– SirDerpy
33 mins ago
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Mercury is the first smallest, Venus the third, Earth the fourth...
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– Brandon_J
23 mins ago
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$begingroup$
The planets.
One, three, four, two; seven, eight, six, five.
Size, we're told, doesn't matter.
But if it did, there's the answer!
There are eight planets, hence the first clue (the order of the sequence given eludes me still, unfortunately).
Four solid, yet light. Four airy, yet heavy.
One stands crooked, one has a twin.
One's got an eye, like one in a picture.
Jupiter has an eye. Uranus and Neptune are alike, essentially twin planets. Neptune, I believe, has an extreme tilt on its axis relative to its orbital plane.
But there is another! A big one!
This one's not like the others:
That which holds it all together.
The sun is not quite like the rest of the planets, but its gravity is what forms the solar system.
A few more attributes, our mystery has:
Two belts! One of them holds a member .
That was once thought to be another.
It isn't!
The asteroid belt, and the other belt (Kuiper Belt) of debris and exoplanets that extends far out past Neptune, which includes Pluto (once considered to be a planet, now no longer).
answered 2 hours ago
SirDerpySirDerpy
411
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First word of line two.
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– Brandon_J
1 hour ago
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I considered sorting them by size, but...assuming they line up with their distance, that's not their relative sizes; for instance, Three is the largest of One, Two, Three, and Four. And five, six, seven, eight, by size, are sorted Eight, Seven, Six, Five.
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– SirDerpy
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
I misspoke on the second array - Seven, Eight, Six, Five is the proper ordering. Still, Three is absolutely larger than Four, Two, and One.
$endgroup$
– SirDerpy
33 mins ago
$begingroup$
Mercury is the first smallest, Venus the third, Earth the fourth...
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
23 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The planets.
One, three, four, two; seven, eight, six, five.
Size, we're told, doesn't matter.
But if it did, there's the answer!
There are eight planets, hence the first clue (the order of the sequence given eludes me still, unfortunately).
Four solid, yet light. Four airy, yet heavy.
One stands crooked, one has a twin.
One's got an eye, like one in a picture.
Jupiter has an eye. Uranus and Neptune are alike, essentially twin planets. Neptune, I believe, has an extreme tilt on its axis relative to its orbital plane.
But there is another! A big one!
This one's not like the others:
That which holds it all together.
The sun is not quite like the rest of the planets, but its gravity is what forms the solar system.
A few more attributes, our mystery has:
Two belts! One of them holds a member .
That was once thought to be another.
It isn't!
The asteroid belt, and the other belt (Kuiper Belt) of debris and exoplanets that extends far out past Neptune, which includes Pluto (once considered to be a planet, now no longer).
answered 2 hours ago
SirDerpySirDerpy
411
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First word of line two.
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– Brandon_J
1 hour ago
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I considered sorting them by size, but...assuming they line up with their distance, that's not their relative sizes; for instance, Three is the largest of One, Two, Three, and Four. And five, six, seven, eight, by size, are sorted Eight, Seven, Six, Five.
$endgroup$
– SirDerpy
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
I misspoke on the second array - Seven, Eight, Six, Five is the proper ordering. Still, Three is absolutely larger than Four, Two, and One.
$endgroup$
– SirDerpy
33 mins ago
$begingroup$
Mercury is the first smallest, Venus the third, Earth the fourth...
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
23 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The planets.
One, three, four, two; seven, eight, six, five.
Size, we're told, doesn't matter.
But if it did, there's the answer!
There are eight planets, hence the first clue (the order of the sequence given eludes me still, unfortunately).
Four solid, yet light. Four airy, yet heavy.
One stands crooked, one has a twin.
One's got an eye, like one in a picture.
Jupiter has an eye. Uranus and Neptune are alike, essentially twin planets. Neptune, I believe, has an extreme tilt on its axis relative to its orbital plane.
But there is another! A big one!
This one's not like the others:
That which holds it all together.
The sun is not quite like the rest of the planets, but its gravity is what forms the solar system.
A few more attributes, our mystery has:
Two belts! One of them holds a member .
That was once thought to be another.
It isn't!
The asteroid belt, and the other belt (Kuiper Belt) of debris and exoplanets that extends far out past Neptune, which includes Pluto (once considered to be a planet, now no longer).
answered 2 hours ago
SirDerpySirDerpy
411
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SirDerpy is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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$endgroup$
The planets.
One, three, four, two; seven, eight, six, five.
Size, we're told, doesn't matter.
But if it did, there's the answer!
There are eight planets, hence the first clue (the order of the sequence given eludes me still, unfortunately).
Four solid, yet light. Four airy, yet heavy.
One stands crooked, one has a twin.
One's got an eye, like one in a picture.
Jupiter has an eye. Uranus and Neptune are alike, essentially twin planets. Neptune, I believe, has an extreme tilt on its axis relative to its orbital plane.
But there is another! A big one!
This one's not like the others:
That which holds it all together.
The sun is not quite like the rest of the planets, but its gravity is what forms the solar system.
A few more attributes, our mystery has:
Two belts! One of them holds a member .
That was once thought to be another.
It isn't!
The asteroid belt, and the other belt (Kuiper Belt) of debris and exoplanets that extends far out past Neptune, which includes Pluto (once considered to be a planet, now no longer).
answered 2 hours ago
SirDerpySirDerpy
411
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First word of line two.
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– Brandon_J
1 hour ago
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I considered sorting them by size, but...assuming they line up with their distance, that's not their relative sizes; for instance, Three is the largest of One, Two, Three, and Four. And five, six, seven, eight, by size, are sorted Eight, Seven, Six, Five.
$endgroup$
– SirDerpy
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
I misspoke on the second array - Seven, Eight, Six, Five is the proper ordering. Still, Three is absolutely larger than Four, Two, and One.
$endgroup$
– SirDerpy
33 mins ago
$begingroup$
Mercury is the first smallest, Venus the third, Earth the fourth...
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
23 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
First word of line two.
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
I considered sorting them by size, but...assuming they line up with their distance, that's not their relative sizes; for instance, Three is the largest of One, Two, Three, and Four. And five, six, seven, eight, by size, are sorted Eight, Seven, Six, Five.
$endgroup$
– SirDerpy
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
I misspoke on the second array - Seven, Eight, Six, Five is the proper ordering. Still, Three is absolutely larger than Four, Two, and One.
$endgroup$
– SirDerpy
33 mins ago
$begingroup$
Mercury is the first smallest, Venus the third, Earth the fourth...
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
23 mins ago
$begingroup$
First word of line two.
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
First word of line two.
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
I considered sorting them by size, but...assuming they line up with their distance, that's not their relative sizes; for instance, Three is the largest of One, Two, Three, and Four. And five, six, seven, eight, by size, are sorted Eight, Seven, Six, Five.
$endgroup$
– SirDerpy
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
I considered sorting them by size, but...assuming they line up with their distance, that's not their relative sizes; for instance, Three is the largest of One, Two, Three, and Four. And five, six, seven, eight, by size, are sorted Eight, Seven, Six, Five.
$endgroup$
– SirDerpy
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
I misspoke on the second array - Seven, Eight, Six, Five is the proper ordering. Still, Three is absolutely larger than Four, Two, and One.
$endgroup$
– SirDerpy
33 mins ago
$begingroup$
I misspoke on the second array - Seven, Eight, Six, Five is the proper ordering. Still, Three is absolutely larger than Four, Two, and One.
$endgroup$
– SirDerpy
33 mins ago
$begingroup$
Mercury is the first smallest, Venus the third, Earth the fourth...
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
23 mins ago
$begingroup$
Mercury is the first smallest, Venus the third, Earth the fourth...
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
23 mins ago
add a comment |
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