TIL On average, Mercury is the closest planet to Earth — and to every other planet in the solar system - eviltoast
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    4 months ago

    Thanks for the attempt but your calculation is wrong, as it considers distance only on a one axis and not a two axis plane. With your circle assumption, mercury would be further than the sun on average.

    I wonder if anyone has the data without the circle assumption, and also correcting for the various other complexities.