3259: Tethys

Tethys

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Title text: In order to carry the necessary crafting supplies, they built the ships at 12:1 scale.

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Tethys is the fifth moon of Saturn, and, with a diameter of about 1,000 kilometers, is almost exactly 1/12th the physical size of Earth (which has a diameter of about 12,700 km).

This comic presents a fantastical scenario in which miniature artists (artists whom produce scale models of existing structures) decide to use Tethys to produce a 1:12 scale model of the Earth.

The title text humorously says that the ships used in the construction effort are built "at a 12:1 scale," i.e. 12x larger than normal (however "normal" is defined).

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Are the humans there also 12:1? King Pando (talk) 15:55, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

12:1 means 12x in dimensions. I think the joke is that the miniature art builders are so obsessed with miniatures that 1:12 scale is their"normal", so 12:1 from their perspective is a normal size from everyone else's perspective.135.180.173.62 16:44, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

My understanding of the gag is that the miniature builders are constructing a 1:12 model of the Moon to go with Tethys's "scale model of Earth."

You mean the american miniature art model builders. The rest of the world will keep waiting for a 1,274.2 km moon 38.25.26.137 19:56, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

A possible subjoke is a misunderstanding of scaling. Tethys' radius/diameter is 1/12 that of Earth's, but its surface area is closer to 3/500. In terms of surface area, Jupiter's moon Io is closest to the 1/12 scale. It is also possible that this commenter doesn't understand scaling, though. 1.170.227.28 02:41, 16 June 2026 (UTC)
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