How far away is the closest planet?

Question

How far away is the closest planet?

Answer 1

The closest planet tho Earth is Venus, about 26 million miles when their respective orbits coincide.  but it gets about 160 million miles from Earth when they are on oposite sides of the sun. So Venus is not always the closest to Earth, it could be Mars or Mercury depending on the orbits.

But if you ask about the closest extrasolar planet, that is, a planet outside our solar system, then that planet is orbiting a Sun-Like star called Epsilon Eridani, only 10.5 light years from us.

Answer 2

Venus

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Answer 3

Venus is the closest planet to Earth but I don't know how far it is. Just check Wikipedia to find out.

Answer 4

venus is the closest in about 42 million kilometers away

Answer 5

Venus - 25 Million Miles. 40 million km

Answer 6

From Earth ,Venus is the closet planet , with an average orbit from the sun of

approx .7 AU. A typical planetarium program will show the orbits of the

planets and show that Venus can come as close to earth as 0.267 AU and Mars

closest approach will be 0.373 AU on Aug 28th, 2003.

Answer 7

from earth? from the sun? well the moon is the closest to earth, but in the solar system the order goes like this: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto (not a planet anymore, I know).

Answer 8

Mean distance from Sun (semimajor axis of orbit)

Sidereal period of revolution



Planet

AU

106 mi

106 km

Years

Days



Mercury

0.387

36.0

57.9

0.241

87.97



Venus

0.723

67.2

108.2

0.615

224.70



Earth

1.000

93.0

149.6

1.000

365.24



Mars

1.524

141.6

227.9

1.881

686.93



Jupiter

5.203

483.6

778.3

11.857

4,330.60



Saturn

9.555

888.2

1429.4

29.424

10,746.9



Uranus

19.22

1786.

2875.

83.75

30,588.7



Neptune

30.11

2799.

4504.

164.72

59,799.9



Pluto

39.54

3676.

5916.

248.0

90,589.

Answer 9

Venus is the closest planet from Earth.

Venus is about 25,700,000 miles from Earth.

Answer 10

The closest planet is Earth...and you're standing on it. d**n these questions are just too easy.

Answer 11

Venus is the closet planet and it is 25 million miles away and 40 million kilometers away from earth.

Answer 12

mars is closest, and it's very very far, or is it venus, pretty sure it's mars

Answer 13

Since planets orbit, they always move. Venus is the closest to earth. Its closest point was around 26 million miles away. Its farthest was around 160 million miles.

And NEVER use wiki...many things are false.