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Neptune is never "close" to Earth at all. All of the other planets are closer.

Neptune is the farthest major planet from the Sun, and in its orbit does not get any closer to the Sun than the other seven planets. Its distance from Earth depends on Earth's location in its own orbit, but is never any less than 4.3 billion kilometers, and never more than 4.7 billion kilometers. Neptune is 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth.

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