Timeline for Is the closest planet to another planet always the innermost planet?
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| Nov 1, 2021 at 14:20 | comment | added | Gnubie | @notovny: That's why I wrote "disputably". It depends on the definition of "planet" and is subject to change at any time. | |
| Nov 1, 2021 at 13:58 | comment | added | Nuclear Hoagie | @IvoBeckers Sharing an orbit requires a very specific spatial configuration. Aside from double planets, you'd need to have a body at the L4 or L5 Lagrange points as described in Glorfindel's answer, but both bodies might not be considered planets. | |
| Nov 1, 2021 at 13:07 | comment | added | Ivo | Actually any 2 planets with the same orbital period around the sun, which double planets also have I guess, potentially have a shorter distance to each other than to the innermost planet, I think | |
| Nov 1, 2021 at 12:17 | comment | added | notovny | -1 for cherry-picking the resolution that was described, but not passed. | |
| Nov 1, 2021 at 11:38 | history | edited | Gnubie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 1, 2021 at 10:32 | history | answered | Gnubie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |