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		curiousObject on May 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Venus is not Earth’s closest neighbor (2019) [pdf] Venus is not Earth’s closest neighbor Would it be correct to say that, on average, that statement is false for more than half of each Earth year?

manojlds on May 24, 2023 [–]

It's more like 38% of time. Mars is also in picture and it's about 18% of time. Mercury is about 44% of time.

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