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The most surprising conclusion is that Mercury is on the average closest to ANYTHING that orbits the sun, including (presumably) long-orbit comets!
by Blammar 3y ago
The most surprising conclusion is that Mercury is on the average closest to ANYTHING that orbits the sun, including (presumably) long-orbit comets!
- yreg 3y agoIt's totally unintuitive, but makes perfect sense once you know the answer.
- orlp 3y agoThis isn't true for two different objects in the same orbit with a small phase difference. To be fair that arrangement is rather unstable, especially with planet-sized objects.
- mr_toad 3y agoThe whirly dirly corollary. talk about cosmic apotheosis.