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Re:Why does it take so long to get to Mercury? by fogof on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:09PM (#28124199)
This reminds me of a fun brain teaser:

Of all the planets, which is Earth closest to on average?

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Re:Why does it take so long to get to Mercury? by rrdharan on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:38PM (#28124342)
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.3.2019031...
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Re:Why does it take so long to get to Mercury? by ballmerspeak on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:39PM (#28124348)
It's Mercury.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SumDHcnCRuU

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Re:Why does it take so long to get to Mercury? by ars on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:51PM (#28124416)
That's easy - it's Earth.

:)

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Re:Why does it take so long to get to Mercury? by bagels on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @01:02AM (#28125298)
Not wrong.
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Re:Why does it take so long to get to Mercury? by bobsmooth on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @12:17AM (#28125088)
CGP Grey did a video on this. Mercury is the mostest-closest for all the planets.
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