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Halley's Comet might fit that description.
by BurningFrog 3y ago
Halley's Comet might fit that description.
- Someone 3y agoHalley’s Comet doesn’t necessarily get close to earth. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/1p-halley/in-depth/ https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/co...: “During its 1986 appearance, Halley's nearest approach to Earth occurred on the outbound leg of the trip at a distance of 0.42 AU (39 million miles or 63 million kilometers)“ (The orbit of Venus is at about 0.7 AU, so 0.3 AU from that of earth, so that was further away than Venus can be to earth (https://theskylive.com/how-far-is-venus https://theskylive.com/how-far-is-venus)) It can get a lot closer, though. From that nasa.gov page: “The comet's closest approach to Earth occurred in 837, at a distance of 0.033 AU (3.07 million miles or 4.94 million kilometers)” That’s about 13 times the earth-moon distance.
- hgsgm 3y agoI don't understand your language. 1986 Halley's comet was closer to Earth then Venus is close to Earth whenever Venus is on the other side of the Sun from Earth
- aidenn0 3y agoI had to read their sentence like 5 times to get it as well. .42AU is a larger distance than the closest that Earth and Venus ever get to each other (i.e. closest than as close as it is possible for Venus to be, with the word "can" being used in this meaning)
- digging 3y agoBy what metric is Halley's Comet a planet though?
- BurningFrog 3y agoIt's not. Still fun to think about odd cases.