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Above is a crib for our solar system, in the order away from the sun, namely:
Sun, Mercury, Venus etc.

Question 1:
Which planet is closest, on average*, to Earth?
*over a full Earth year.

Question 2:
As above, but this time closest to Neptune, over a full Neptune year.


@AlanTal said
S M V E M J S U N
Above is a crib for our solar system, in the order away from the sun, namely:
Sun, Mercury, Venus etc.

Question 1:
Which planet is closest, on average*, to Earth?
*over a full Earth year.

Question 2:
As above, but this time closest to Neptune, over a full Neptune year.
Answer to both questions: Mercury, on average.

All other planets spend far more time much further from the other planets.

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@Suzianne
Indeed 😁