Sol

Sol in Latin means the Sun. In the game, it is Earth's solar system that contains the Sol itself (system's star), and planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, The Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Ganymede, Saturn, Titan, Uranus and Neptune. Notably Pluto is missing from the game, but that is due to the fact that its status was downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet. There is also no Asteroid belt found in the Sol system, even though such belts are possible.

The Sol system is an in-game representation of the real Solar system in the Milky Way. It was first discovered to be in the game when, during a demonstration at NASA, Will Wright used a console command to warp his spaceship to Earth. The full demonstration can be viewed on youtube. All planets have a high chance of getting yellow spice, but they can have other colors of spice as well. For example, Mercury or Ganymede may have Purple spice.

Sol can be found at "Angle 225.06, Distance: 7,295.43." Note: This information can be found when you hover your mouse over the spaceship icon near the bar. Note the angle/distance display on the UFO at the bottom of the screen correlates to the core of the galaxy, not the Sol System, the information provided is its "co-ordinates". A vague location is two arms left of the one that breaks early, and on the end of the first break of that.

There are two Achievements associated with Earth: Manifest Destiny for simply finding it, and Oh the Humanity! for destroying it with a Planet Buster. Thankfully, players can destroy Earth and quit without saving, and still get the Achievement while keeping Earth (and Moon).

Proven Tip
Another tip for finding the Sol system is to find the two Black Holes near the part of the arm after the break. When floating over the black hole farthest from the galactic core, the Sol system will be along the max range line of the SETI device. The black holes are constant all games, though the names are not.



Trivia

 * Some solar systems in Spore have asteroid rings orbiting their star. Unlike the real Sol, Spore does not have the Asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.


 * Jupiter and Ganymede, strangely, have green orbits. Perhaps a reference to 2001:A Space Odyssey where Jupiter becomes a brown dwarf and Ganymede is colonized by humans.
 * Unlike their real counterparts, Mercury and Mars are totally plain, having only few craters


 * The Moon is a rare Crater Planet.


 * Uranus and Neptune don't have a moon like Jupiter and Saturn


 * Mercury's spice color differ from game to game. Sometimes, it will gain Yellow Spice, but it can also gain Purple Spice


 * "Sol" means "Sun" in Latin, as well as in a few other languages.


 * All the gas giants are the same save for their color.


 * Uranus is not on its side.