Addyson was in a quiet, reflective mood today. The atmosphere of the classroom was warm and open-- it was quickly becoming one of her favourite places to exist in.

As the Professor spoke and students offered answers to her questions, Addyson remained quiet, jotting down notes in her notebook and then occasionally pausing to listen and visually imagining their solar system and the orbiting planets. The planets were rotating, spinning around her at various distances just like dancers on a dance floor.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and... the dwarf planet.

They all had different rotations and orbits so they had to be spaced out. WAIT! Panic crossed her face as she wondered her next question. How did the planets not crash into each other? Was it gravity..? She scribbled that question down in her notebook.

Another question had been asked. She sat up a little straighter when she heard a fellow first year (Elena) answer before hearing another first year (Alaric) describe the patterns of planetary orbits. "Building off another answer, Professor, the length of time that it takes to orbit is different by planet. Planets closer to the sun have a quicker orbit compared to those further from the sun like Neptune." She paused, getting rather excited to share the next fact which she spoke really quickly about. However, she was smiling. "For us on earth, it takes 365-ish days but for Neptune it takes 160-ish years to complete one orbit!"