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Mercury, Venus, and Earth are all closer to the sun than Mars is.
The Earth's nearest neighboring planets are Venus and Mars. Venus is closer to the Earth than Mars is.
venus and mars
Mars or Venus
Venus and Mars. Venus is closer to the sun, then Earth, and Mars is further away.
No. The orbit of Venus is closer to Earth's orbit than the orbit of Mars, by an average of 38 million kilometers (Venus 108 million km, Earth 150 million km, Mars 230 million km)Mars is only the closest planet to Earth when Venus is on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth and Mars is on the same side as Earth and Mars is not too far ahead or behind the Earth in their orbits.It can be as long as an entire Earth year that Mars is not closer, and it will only be closer for less than 4 months at a time.
Earth is the next planet to orbit inside Mars, while Jupiter is the next planet to orbit outside Mars orbit. Mars' orbit is closer to Venus (and Mercurys') orbit than it is to Jupiters though.
Venus and Mars Mars is more closer... What has that mean?? To answer your question, Venus and Mars are close to Earth.
Earth is between Venus and Mars. Well, not really; but the orbit of Earth is between the orbits of Venus and Mars. Venus, Mars and Earth never actually "line up".
Earth is between Venus and Mars. Venus is closer to the sun than Earth, and Mars is farther away. The order is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
Of the two planets, Venus is closer to the sun. It's closer than Mars. So is earth, for that matter. The closest planet to the sun is Mercury, then Venus, earth and Mars. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article on planets. You will be taken directly to the list, which is arranged from closest to farthest out.Among the two Mars is furthest. The furthest planet in the solar system in Neptune.
Usually Venus is the closest planet to Earth followed by Mars and that is the case right now. (4/27/2012) There are times that Mars can be closer to Earth than Venus because of orbital positions. Also Mercury can sometimes be closer than Mars or even Venus to Earth. No other planet can ever be one of the closest two planets to Earth.