Emojis for all the Planets and Dwarf Planets!

VedanshS933

To discuss about other space related emoji please go over here.

Hi!
I am proposing new emojis for all the planets and the dwarf planets!

Planets would be typed as:
_mercury_
_venus_
_earth_
_mars_
_jupiter_
_saturn_
_uranus_
_neptune_

For dwarf planets : credit to mumu245
_pluto_
_ceres_
_makemake_
_haumea_
_eris_

Scratch On!

Last edited by VedanshS933 (Feb. 17, 2025 14:13:43)

Basilikos

Emojis are barely used. These will even less so, considering they've got limited uses.
If I'm speaking of a planet, I do not personally employ time in typing in the emoji as it does not contribute to the argument I'm making. I'm sure others do the same.

Za-Chary

Maybe they could add _sun_ and _star_ as well? (If they add _star_ , that could inspire them to add _heart_ , for favorites and loves!)

Basilikos wrote:
If I'm speaking of a planet, I do not personally employ time in typing in the emoji as it does not contribute to the argument I'm making. I'm sure others do the same.

Not everybody uses emojis as part of an “argument.”

Za-Chary

ObesityOfTheOld wrote:
Whilst browsing through the Scratch Wiki, I saw that they added “map related” emojis one year for april fools day, however I have still never seen these emojis used and I am not surprised due to their limited use in many conversations. Maybe the Scratch Team have stopped adding obscure emojis as they now believe it is not worth the resources over?

This is a fair point — but they've done it twice (another example being food-related emojis for an April Fools' Day), so if the Scratch Team is interested then there is reason to continue adding such emojis.

waitwhat2288

I feel that adding a bunch of homogeneous planets wouldn't really bring much options about emphasis on “space” and “the beyond” and what-not if all of the “emojis” only have tiny coloring variations from each other. In my opinion, the palette of these “emojis” should be clearly distinct from each other. (e. g. star, planet, rocket)

Icefan13

_star_ = ⭐
In other words, you can just use the regular emoji.

Last edited by Icefan13 (July 19, 2023 17:44:16)

mumu245

After all they did add food emojis in 2016, so why not?
My suggestions:
Planet: _merury_, _venus_, _earth_, _mars_, _jupiter_, _saturn_, _uranus_, _neptune_
Dwarf planet: _pluto_, _ceres_
Other: _milkyway_, _asteroid_, _comet_, _meteorite_, _blackhole_, _alien_
Star: _redstar_, _orangestar_, _yellowstar_, _whitestar_, _bluestar_, _sun_
Object: _telescope_, _observatory_, _spacestation_, _satellite_, _satdish_, _rocket_, _shuttle_, _launch_, _motor_, _lunarlander_

I believe this would be a great way to present astronomy to kids.

mitdk

Personally, I do not see myself using this. I don't really think the ST is concerned most about adding emojis at the moment, but even if we were to add emojis I'm not sure that planets would be the most used. However, I am not against adding emojis, just don't think that planets would be useful

VedanshS933

mumu245 wrote:
After all they did add food emojis in 2016, so why not?
My suggestions:
Planet: _merury_, _venus_, _earth_, _mars_, _jupiter_, _saturn_, _uranus_, _neptune_
Dwarf planet: _pluto_, _ceres_
Other: _milkyway_, _asteroid_, _comet_, _meteorite_, _blackhole_, _alien_
Star: _redstar_, _orangestar_, _yellowstar_, _whitestar_, _bluestar_, _sun_
Object: _telescope_, _observatory_, _spacestation_, _satellite_, _satdish_, _rocket_, _shuttle_, _launch_, _motor_, _lunarlander_

I believe this would be a great way to present astronomy to kids.

I really like this…maybe we can make other topics for other space things, stars and objects

But I really like the idea. Adding your dwarf planets idea to the OP

VedanshS933

spacebump + planetbump + dwarfplanetbump

60 sec rule

VedanshS933

VedanshS933 wrote:
spacebump + planetbump + dwarfplanetbump

60 sec rule

60 sec rule

VedanshS933

bump
according to rules 24 hrs or off front page

VedanshS933

bump

VedanshS933

bump

60 sec

Quantum-Cat

I think these emojis should be generic, like a generic planet (similar to the the ringed planed in the sprite library), generic star, generic piece of spacecraft, etc.. All these emojis for the different planets when their use is limited anyway wouldn’t be worth it.

Last edited by Quantum-Cat (Aug. 1, 2023 20:09:26)

Scratchdev57

Support.

Let's face it. Who will use it? No one, but it'll be a great feature, and add variety.

Za-Chary wrote:
Maybe they could add _sun_ and _star_ as well? (If they add _star_ , that could inspire them to add _heart_ , for favorites and loves!)
Not everybody uses emojis as part of an “argument.”

That would be cool too!

mumu245

Scratchdev57 wrote:
Support.

Let's face it. Who will use it? No one, but it'll be a great feature, and add variety.

Za-Chary wrote:
Maybe they could add _sun_ and _star_ as well? (If they add _star_ , that could inspire them to add _heart_ , for favorites and loves!)
Not everybody uses emojis as part of an “argument.”

That would be cool too!

I mean who uses the _waffle_? It's still nice to have.

Last edited by mumu245 (Aug. 3, 2023 12:47:10)

VedanshS933

bump

NotK3ndricAlt

Idea:
_blackhole_

amogus1123

VedanshS933 wrote:
To discuss about a rocket emoji please go over here.

As Scratch Camp 2023 is here in 1 week there can be emojis for all the planets for the camp time or forever as the theme is Space, Stars and Beyond!

It will be typed as for Planets:
_mercury_
_venus_
_earth_
_mars_
_jupiter_
_saturn_
_uranus_
_neptune_

For dwarf planets : credit to mumu245
_pluto_
_ceres_
_makemake_
_haumea_
_eris_

then why not add all the other emojis

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