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It just depends how you measure "closest". Similarly, Mount Everest is the highest mountain (above MSL), however Mauna Kea is higher if measured by prominance
by fisian 3y ago
It just depends how you measure "closest".
Similarly, Mount Everest is the highest mountain (above MSL), however Mauna Kea is higher if measured by prominance (starting from its base which is under water).
- thrdbndndn 3y agoBut under what definition of "closet" would it be Venus? According to CGP Grey's video linked in the comments, not only Mercury has lowest average distance to Earth, it's also spend the most time being the closest planet to Earth, so it already met two definitions I can think of.
- jiri 3y agoYou can use delta-v, so the closest is the distance rocket use the least fuel/mass. It is a very good measure how easily to get to that destination in space.
- scrollaway 3y agoWhich orbit is the closest to earths orbit.
- jjk166 3y agoVenus gets closer to Earth than any other planet, which is a perfectly cromulent definition of closest.
- ta1243 3y agoWhen saying Mauna Kea starts at the base, why not claim that with Everest? Of course in reality neither are the highest mountain, that honour goes to Chimborazo, a good 2.1km higher than Everest (when measured from the Earth's centre)
- bee_rider 3y agoI’m pretty sure the tallest mountain in the solar system is Olympus Mons. Unless you measure it from the Earth’s center, in which case I guess it would be something, anything, on Pluto.