Solarian Flag

Halley's Comet Flag

Sedna Flag, Outer Dwarf Planet

Sedna the Dwarf Planet Flag

The red planet from afar whose yearly trip around the sun lasts about 11,400 years. It was discovered on November 14, 2003. It was discovered by an Alabama native - Mike Brown. The last time this planet came close to our humble abode is when wooly mammoths roamed the earth.

The flag of Sedna uses the colours red, blue, and white. The name of Sedna is written in a Native Canadian Inuit script known as Inuktitut, which would be read a 'Sanna' instead of Sedna.

Sedna or Sanna is the Inuit (Eskimo) Goddess of the Sea and marine animals. Since planet Sedna is so far away it is assumed to be very cold just like the arctic. However relative to Sedna, earths polar regions are flaming hot spots in our solar system. The Goddess Sedna would probably find the planet Sedna too cold.

A sun rise on Sedna with Sedna's Flag

This 'dwarf planet' it approaching its closest point to earth, the last time it was at a 'close' approach to earth was during the Upper Paleolithic period.

Ganymede Flag, Moon of Jupiter

Flag of Ganymede
Moon of Jupiter

It's only fitting that the largest planet in our solar system gets the largest moon - Ganymede. Ganymede takes it name after a Trojan Prince whose beauty seduced Zeus. Subsequently this love of Zeus became his cup bearer.

The colours of the flag are red, white, and pink. There are four pink triangles that symbolize Ganymede as one of the four great moons of Jupiter.

Also the pink triangle is associated with gay love, and the relationship between Zeus and the Trojan Prince qualifies in some sense as gay relationship. If not in reality but certainly symbolically.


The largest moon in our solar system is bigger than
Mercury

Callisto Flag, Moon of Jupiter

Flag of Callisto

This is the flag of Callisto. It employs the colours brown, black, white, and indigo. Brown and black refer to the mythological Callisto that was turned into a bear and eventually became the constellation Ursa Major - or rather the 'Big Dipper'.

Callisto is Jupiter's outer most moon and about the same size of Mercury.

Callisto Outer Moon of Jupiter

Umbriel Flag, Moon of Uranus

Oberon Flag, Moon of Uranus

The Flag of Oberon
Moon of Uranus

This flag represents Oberon and uses five colours - black, yellow, white, green and red. It is based upon the flag of Electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg which is where astronomer who discovered this moon was born - William Herschel.

Mr. Herschel discovered this moon on January 11, 1787 after he had emigrated the United Kingdom.

In the upper hoist area is a dog ear design with a black field and yellow star. The black represents deep space while the star represents this moon. The colours black, yellow, and white are in honor of the subsequent nation that has cultural claims upon the birthright of person who brought the moon Oberon to our attention in 1787 - William Herschel.

The horse is rotated 90 degrees in reflection of Uranus' highly tilted orbit, which puts this planet and it's moon at a relatively odd angle relative to its orbit.