Is the Earth closer to the Moon or Venus?
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Bill-M say: The moon.
Distance to the moon: 384,400 Kilometers.
261 million kilometers to Venus
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Philip say: The Moon is closer. We can see it in the sky any time of the day.
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Clive say: The Moon, obviously. Just look at the relative sizes of them in the sky.
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Paula say: Earth is closer to Moon than to any other planet.
Venus comes closer to earth than any other planet.
But on average, Mercury is closer to earth most of the time. Because for a large propotion of time Venus is on the other side of the sun beyond the orbit of Mercury.
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Ronald 7 say: The Moon Orbits Earth at around 250, 000 miles
Earth and Moon are about 93 million miles from the Sun
Venus Orbits the Sun at about 67 Million miles
So you do the Maths Skippy
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Morningfox say: Distance to Moon: 385,000 km (average).
Distance to Venus: 38,000,000 km (minimum) up to 261,000,000 km (maximum).
I hope you can figure it out from there.
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MysteryGuy say: well can you see moon or venus without telescope? No you can't. But you can always see the sun. So the sun is much much closer than both,
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don r say: The moon is closer to the earth as a planet and its satellite, than it is to the planet Venus. Look at the moon some night and look at Venus. Venus looks like a bright star and the moon looks like a distinct body with details you can make out with the naked eye.
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Susie say: The moon.
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Bob say: The Earth is WAY closer to Venus.
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CarolOklaNola say: The Moon. Always. Check Solar System Live
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