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The evidence that planets are closer to Earth than the stars is the brightness of the light that each star gives off in the sky. The ones that are farther away are dimmer than the ones closest to us. We can see the planets closest to us in the night sky (Mars, Venus, and sometimes Mercury) because they reflect the light of the sun back to us so that we can see them - however you need to know where to look in the night sky to find them.

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