Planet Icons: Non-Astronomical Symbols

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In the Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List we know that there are many packages where there are differents astronomical symbols. I have taken the list of the index from the guide.

Table 315: wasysym Astronomical Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Table 316: marvosym Astronomical Symbols . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Table 317: fontawesome Astronomical Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Table 318: mathabx Astronomical Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Table 319: stix Astronomical Symbols . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

My question is: is there a package that draws the planets with the characteristics of each of them? For example Saturn (with the ring that characterizes it), our Earth, or fixed stars, etc.?

Charles · Accepted Answer

Searching this site for other astronomical icons, I have immediately finded this great answer https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/483433/204509. One can use the same technique for the planets: use some random image off the internet and include it as image. With http://cdn30.us1.fansshare.com/image/cartoonplanet/vector-cartoon-planet-icons-579074540.jpg one gets

documentclass{article}

usepackage{graphicx}

newcommand{mercury}{includegraphics[height=1em]{mercury}}
newcommand{venus}{includegraphics[height=1em]{venus}}
newcommand{earth}{includegraphics[height=1em]{earth}}
newcommand{mars}{includegraphics[height=1em]{mars}}
newcommand{jupiter}{includegraphics[height=1em]{jupiter}}
newcommand{saturn}{includegraphics[height=1em]{saturn}}
newcommand{uranus}{includegraphics[height=1em]{uranus}}
newcommand{neptun}{includegraphics[height=1em]{neptun}}

begin{document}

mercury
venus
earth
mars
jupiter
saturn
uranus
neptun

end{document}

Sebastiano · Answer

I have seen that from 2020/04/19 there is a specific package named tikz-planets to illustrate the planets of the solar system.
Just I put a screenshot of page 5 and the link of the file planets.sty

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