Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL On average, Mercury is the closest planet to Earth — and to every other planet in the solar systemen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down15cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
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 · 3 months agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoI don’t think it’s misleading. I think a lot of people who think of Mars as the closest don’t realize that it’s only close once every 2 years or so and unimaginably far away on average (further than Mercury).
I don’t think it’s misleading. I think a lot of people who think of Mars as the closest don’t realize that it’s only close once every 2 years or so and unimaginably far away on average (further than Mercury).