Date: 16/03/2019 15:42:44
From: Divine Angel
ID: 1360745
Subject: Which planet is closest to Earth?

If you said Venus, you’re wrong. New calculations show Mercury to be our nearest neighbour. Venus is our nearest neighbour by closest approach, however on average, Mercury is our closest planetary neighbour.

Follow the maths here:
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.3.20190312a/full/

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Date: 16/03/2019 15:53:05
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 1360752
Subject: re: Which planet is closest to Earth?

Divine Angel said:


If you said Venus, you’re wrong. New calculations show Mercury to be our nearest neighbour. Venus is our nearest neighbour by closest approach, however on average, Mercury is our closest planetary neighbour.

Follow the maths here:
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.3.20190312a/full/

Not impressed :)

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Date: 16/03/2019 16:24:00
From: Michael V
ID: 1360767
Subject: re: Which planet is closest to Earth?

Interesting. Never thought of the planets’ orbits in that way before.

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Date: 16/03/2019 16:43:48
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1360780
Subject: re: Which planet is closest to Earth?

Divine Angel said:


If you said Venus, you’re wrong. New calculations show Mercury to be our nearest neighbour. Venus is our nearest neighbour by closest approach, however on average, Mercury is our closest planetary neighbour.

Follow the maths here:
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.3.20190312a/full/

OK. I’ll pay that. Along with Saturn being the solar system planet with the hottest surface, along with Uranus and Neptune being the planets with the biggest salt water oceans, and with Saturn being the planet with a surface gravity closest to that of Earth.

Which reminds me. I’m still waiting for confirmation that Alpha Centauri has planets.

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Date: 16/03/2019 23:44:25
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1360995
Subject: re: Which planet is closest to Earth?

mollwollfumble said:


Divine Angel said:

If you said Venus, you’re wrong. New calculations show Mercury to be our nearest neighbour. Venus is our nearest neighbour by closest approach, however on average, Mercury is our closest planetary neighbour.

Follow the maths here:
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.3.20190312a/full/

OK. I’ll pay that. Along with Saturn being the solar system planet with the hottest surface, along with Uranus and Neptune being the planets with the biggest salt water oceans, and with Saturn being the planet with a surface gravity closest to that of Earth.

Which reminds me. I’m still waiting for confirmation that Alpha Centauri has planets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri

https://www.sciencealert.com/confirmed-an-earth-like-planet-has-been-found-in-our-closest-neighbouring-solar-system

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Date: 17/03/2019 19:05:33
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1361317
Subject: re: Which planet is closest to Earth?

Tau.Neutrino said:


mollwollfumble said:

Divine Angel said:

If you said Venus, you’re wrong. New calculations show Mercury to be our nearest neighbour. Venus is our nearest neighbour by closest approach, however on average, Mercury is our closest planetary neighbour.

Follow the maths here:
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.3.20190312a/full/

OK. I’ll pay that. Along with Saturn being the solar system planet with the hottest surface, along with Uranus and Neptune being the planets with the biggest salt water oceans, and with Saturn being the planet with a surface gravity closest to that of Earth.

Which reminds me. I’m still waiting for confirmation that Alpha Centauri has planets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri

https://www.sciencealert.com/confirmed-an-earth-like-planet-has-been-found-in-our-closest-neighbouring-solar-system

Thank you.

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