Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL On average, Mercury is the closest planet to Earth — and to every other planet in the solar systemen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down15
arrow-up1229arrow-down1external-linkTIL On average, Mercury is the closest planet to Earth — and to every other planet in the solar systemen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareKethal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 month agoBy the reasoning given for why Mercury is the closest for each planet, the Sun is the closest object for each planet, on average, excluding satellites of the planets.
minus-squaremecfs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoI would agree but unsure because there are the intricacies of orbit cycles and timings and the 3d plane of space
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI mean, the Solar System isn’t all that 3D. Inside of the Oort Cloud, almost every notable object is on or close to the ecliptic
By the reasoning given for why Mercury is the closest for each planet, the Sun is the closest object for each planet, on average, excluding satellites of the planets.
I would agree but unsure because there are the intricacies of orbit cycles and timings and the 3d plane of space
I mean, the Solar System isn’t all that 3D. Inside of the Oort Cloud, almost every notable object is on or close to the ecliptic