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What is the closest planet to Earth?

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What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » June 17th, 2021, 8:06 pm

What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Re: What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby Dod101 » June 17th, 2021, 8:27 pm

Presumably our very own moon. Otherwise they vary.

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Re: What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby kempiejon » June 17th, 2021, 8:31 pm

I varies, on average I think Mercury but Venus gets the closest.
Here's a primer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDgbVIqGADQ&t=1s

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Re: What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby doolally » June 17th, 2021, 8:31 pm

At this moment in time, or do you mean which planet gets closest to earth during their orbits?

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Re: What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » June 17th, 2021, 8:48 pm

Spoiler :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5vItuD9sCg

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Re: What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby Urbandreamer » June 17th, 2021, 9:06 pm

More or less, the R4 math program, answered the question.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06yhfbq

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Re: What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby SteelCamel » June 17th, 2021, 10:35 pm

AsleepInYorkshire wrote:What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Earth. You can't get any closer than that.

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Re: What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby AsleepInYorkshire » June 17th, 2021, 10:38 pm

SteelCamel wrote:
AsleepInYorkshire wrote:What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Earth. You can't get any closer than that.

I sometimes wish I couldn't :lol:

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Re: What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby 9873210 » June 17th, 2021, 11:06 pm

The Moon was a planet until after Copernicus. So the planet Moon is less than 500 years away. Is that nearer or farther than a few hundred million km?

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Re: What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby modellingman » June 18th, 2021, 1:48 am

9873210 wrote:The Moon was a planet until after Copernicus. So the planet Moon is less than 500 years away. Is that nearer or farther than a few hundred million km?


Much, much further according to Special Relativity.

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Re: What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby Padders72 » June 18th, 2021, 7:06 am

Venus passes nearer than Mars but a lot less hospitable hence the interest in Mars. Mercury has a very eccentric orbit I believe so can be near or far depending on when you ask. Like Venus, Mercury is also not a nice place for a gad about.
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Re: What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby Dod101 » June 18th, 2021, 7:09 am

Snorvey wrote:
Dod101 wrote:Presumably our very own moon. Otherwise they vary.

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The moon is a satellite, not a planet. Mars is my guess.

[Edit] Video not available. Google suggests that, on average, its Mercury.


Stupid me. Thank you.

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Re: What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby jfgw » June 18th, 2021, 11:09 am

SteelCamel wrote:Earth. You can't get any closer than that.


That was my first thought but, not including Earth, I reckon the answer is a teapot.


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Re: What is the closest planet to Earth?

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Postby UncleEbenezer » June 18th, 2021, 11:21 am

jfgw wrote:
SteelCamel wrote:Earth. You can't get any closer than that.


That was my first thought but, not including Earth, I reckon the answer is a teapot.


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