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-square21fedilinkarrow-up1222
arrow-up1222external-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-square21fedilink
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·3 months agoSort of, basically because mercury has the small orbit it spends the most time closer on average to any other planet. The CGP Grey video someone else posted is a really good explanation as to what’s going on.
Sort of, basically because mercury has the small orbit it spends the most time closer on average to any other planet. The CGP Grey video someone else posted is a really good explanation as to what’s going on.