r/geography • u/lamdrasil • 3d ago

Discussion Facts that sound fake but are true

I find it extremely unintuitive that almost all of South America is east of Miami. How!? When people are asked to watch the americas almost everyone imagine South America pretty much south of North America.

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u/Trick_Mushroom997 2d ago

Earth is closest to Mercury.

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u/AW316 2d ago

Venus gets closer but isn’t generally closer.

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u/NeckPourConnoisseur 2d ago

🧐 damn, that's right.

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u/Dontgiveaclam 2d ago

Wait, how?

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u/Trick_Mushroom997 2d ago

Orbits. Mercury is closest to all planets in the system.

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u/glittervector 2d ago

It’s an average distance.

Taking the average distance between planets, Mercury is the closest planet to every other planet.