If we were closer to Venus it would mean we would be closer to the sun. That would make it a lot hotter here and probably destroy the surface of the planet and kill everything on it.
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.
Venus is on average about 30 million miles closer to the sun than Earth. This proximity to the sun causes Venus to have a much hotter surface temperature compared to Earth.
Venus can get closer to the Earth and it can also get further away (when it is on the opposite side of the Sun in it's orbit). At closest approach Venus is about 41 million kilometers. At perihelion (point in orbit closest to the Sun) Earth is 147 million km from the Sun.
If all three planets are in a straight line, then Earth and Venus are closer (~42 milion km) than Mercury and Venus (~50 million km) but since all three planets have different orbital periods, it is possible for Earth to be on the opposite side of the Sun from Venus and Mercury, in which case they would be closer to each other than Earth was to either of them.
Both Mercury and Venus are closer to the Sun than we are (Earth).
Venus can come closer to the Earth (41 million kilometers). In its orbit around the Sun, Venus is between 107 and 108 million kilometers from the star.
Closer. Venus is approximately 108 million kilometers from the Sun, whereas it is only 42 million kilometers from Earth.
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.
Venus is on average about 30 million miles closer to the sun than Earth. This proximity to the sun causes Venus to have a much hotter surface temperature compared to Earth.
Venus can get closer to the Earth and it can also get further away (when it is on the opposite side of the Sun in it's orbit). At closest approach Venus is about 41 million kilometers. At perihelion (point in orbit closest to the Sun) Earth is 147 million km from the Sun.
For most of Venus's nearly circular orbit, Mercury is closer to it than Earth. But when Venus and Earth are on the same side of the Sun, Earth can be closer. And the distances between the planets are constantly changing. There are times when Mercury and Earth are closer than either is to Venus. * (see the related link below) The average distance of each of these planets from the Sun: - Mercury: 57,909,000 km - Venus: 108,200,000 km - Earth: 149,600,000 km So, when they do happen to line up on the same side of the Sun, the distance between Mercury and Venus will average about 50.3 million kilometers, and the distance between Venus and the Earth will average 41.4 million kilometers. But this is only the case for less than 35% of the Venusian year. The distance between Mercury and Venus can vary from just 37.7 million to as much as 178.7 million kilometers. The distance between Earth and Venus can vary from 39.2 million to as much as 256 million kilometers.
No, Venus is closer to the Sun than the Earth.
No, Venus is closer to the Sun than the Earth.
The moon can be anywhere between 1/4 million miles farther and 1/4 million miles closer to Venus than Earth is. That's a range of roughly 1.9% of the closest that Venus can ever approach Earth.
If all three planets are in a straight line, then Earth and Venus are closer (~42 milion km) than Mercury and Venus (~50 million km) but since all three planets have different orbital periods, it is possible for Earth to be on the opposite side of the Sun from Venus and Mercury, in which case they would be closer to each other than Earth was to either of them.
Both Mercury and Venus are closer to the Sun than we are (Earth).
Mercury is closer at 57.91 million kilometers, Venus is farther at 108.2 million kilometers.