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Closest planet to earth?
Posted on 12/12/21 at 3:03 pm
Posted on 12/12/21 at 3:03 pm
I swear it seems like I read an article showing that Mercury was closer than Venus and Mars. Anybody know something about this?
Posted on 12/12/21 at 3:13 pm to sunseeker
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This post was edited on 12/12/21 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 12/13/21 at 7:21 am to Bama Bird
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If you lined all of the planets up perfectly, Venus would be the closest however on average the distance between Mercury and Earth is the shortest due to their orbits
Astrophysics for the win folks. Orbital mechanics can get pretty funky.

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