text: what is your favorite planet? how come you picked it as your favorite? official answer: earth! why? because it provides life, and some of it is amazingly beautiful.  but, if we were to go with planets other than earth, i'd say jupiter and saturn, because they're gorgeous. jupiter has a stunning array of colors, and the thought that it's all one big violent storm just amazes me. saturn, of course, has its phenomenal rings.  oh! and if we're talking moons, then i'd say either io (which is basically a huge mass of volcanoes; some of which are the size of colorado!), and europa, because beneath its icy surface may be an ocean which supports life.