Which planet is closest to Earth? Okay, now guess again.
The order of the planets is something most of us learn in school: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and (until 2006) Pluto. So they would forgive you for thinking that as Earthlings, our nearest planetary neighbor is Venus. And somehow, you would be right: at its closest point, Venus is closer to …
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