A couple of thoughts and thanks to everyone who signed up for my patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/which-planet-is-31159185 Also, wallpapers for Bonnie Bee supporters: www.patreon.com/posts/31232500

@hjalmrodul

4 жыл бұрын

What software did you use for calculations?

@Nullsparta2

4 жыл бұрын

@@regnij01 your mother must be very proud

@TheOriginalElkstone

4 жыл бұрын

On the one hand it's a CGP video but on the other it's a clickbait title

@stuffmorestuff6647

4 жыл бұрын

More space themed videos would cool... Like a few degrees Kevin cool

@memescap1236

4 жыл бұрын

Congrats on 4 million

Mercury must be a really good friend, he's got so many friends but he makes time for them all

@driedflyyy1234

3 жыл бұрын

How do you think I feel?! I’m in front of Jupiter!!!!!

@siena7771

3 жыл бұрын

@@driedflyyy1234 BAHAHAHAHAHHA

@danigeo247videoslosdomingo4

3 жыл бұрын

@@driedflyyy1234 Don't worry mars, you wouldn't be alive without Jupiter (Read not christian bible page 4 paragraph 8)

@panda_master-wh7oo

3 жыл бұрын

ikr

@gamingvods2437

3 жыл бұрын

True

1:21 Ah yes, “unpossible”

@Speedwagon-ej1fe

3 жыл бұрын

Oh.

@cytonicstarspren4384

3 жыл бұрын

Why did I not find anything weird in that word for a whole minute 😅😅

@OtakuUnitedStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Simpsons reference.

@wutschkorammo5

3 жыл бұрын

feels like something someone german would say, it is "unmöglich" in german

@jonasvaananen

3 жыл бұрын

@@wutschkorammo5 or Swedish, its omöjligt in swedish (litterally unpossible)

Playing space games, this was an important realization to me. Need to make base in a system? Lowest orbit planet will give you the shortest travel to the other planets, making it the economical choice when looking at your next base of interplanetary operations

@efulmer8675

2 жыл бұрын

This doesn't work from a fuel standpoint though. If you want to get to Mercury from Earth you'll spend less fuel by flying away from the Sun into an elliptical orbit and then slowing down at the farthest point from the Sun so that you reach Mercury and then dropping your orbit to stay with Mercury when you reach Mercury.

@alexsiemers7898

2 жыл бұрын

@@efulmer8675 that’s why I never like this idea of which planet is closest, since it doesn’t matter in a universe where orbital mechanics are something we need to deal with for the foreseeable future.

@efulmer8675

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexsiemers7898 Closest by distance is the issue, not closest by energy. If we were considering the energy requirements to get from one object to another, then this experiment of CGPGrey's might have something a lot more interesting to say.

@sacwingedbatsatadbitsad4346

Жыл бұрын

@@efulmer8675 Energy requirement isn't really a lot more interesting, it's arguably a lot more mundane. There's really only one factor to consider, how time-sensitive it is. If it's really time sensitive, the lowest average distance is still optimal. If you were to launch a round trip every day, mercury would still, in fact, be the closest in terms of fuel spent. If it's not time-sensitive, minimum distance matters most, so long as you can get an encounter, you can match orbits for almost free using gravity assists, though it might take multiple passes and upwards of thousands of years in the case of the outer planets. If we're talking about a practical tradeoff that maximizes the frequency of transfer windows while minimizing the fuel, well, there's no one size fits all solution, the criteria are inherently subjective to the human experience and personal preference. But generally speaking, Venus is closest, Mars is second, Mercury's third, and then it goes in order outwards given current human lifespans, aerospace technology, and economy.

@sayba6766

Жыл бұрын

Fr

The further back I see random hexagons in CGP Grey's videos makes me wonder just how long of a project Hexagons are the Bestagons was. The currency symbol on that menu in the background has a hexagon in it. This video is a little over a year older than the hexagon one. It's like the MCU giving hints to future things, but better.

@marceltelang7825

2 жыл бұрын

I think this is more he liked hexagons for a while but never thought of making the video

@Shwammi

5 ай бұрын

I just noticed this a few moments before reading your comment. Wow! And I gotta admit... Hexagons are the Bestagons... Not sure about which dice are best at the moment. But for many many purposes, it's the Hex!

Mercury is the messenger so it makes sense he’s the fastest and sees the most people

@AceDroo

4 жыл бұрын

Was literally about to comment this. Nice to see I wasn't the only one who thought this!

@ianwarhover5390

4 жыл бұрын

first thing that came to mind when he starting stating mercury

@daivahataka

4 жыл бұрын

Same, but means I'm now worried this was something the Romans figured out and mankind somehow forgot since so what else did we forget? 😫

@ianwarhover5390

4 жыл бұрын

@@daivahataka well first we can start with archery and how everything we knew about it is gone there is a long list we don't even know of and keep in mind the only reason we know even the little we do is because middle Easter scientists and mathematician wanted to know what the fuck the Romans were up to

@vine01

4 жыл бұрын

@@daivahataka some people "forget" ancient greeks not only knew what the shape of Earth is, but also calculated very precise dimensions.

This is why Mercury was the messenger, he was able to reach every God

@Drekromancer

4 жыл бұрын

This is oddly poignant. Thank you. :)

@the8thgemmer467

4 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Lambert ha ha!

@zicuuu

4 жыл бұрын

Oh ho

@_yellow

4 жыл бұрын

The question is if this is a coincidence or if the romans somehow calculated it

@the8thgemmer467

4 жыл бұрын

Yellow They couldn’t have, it’s a coincidence

ITS BEEN A YEAR SINCE THIS CAME OUT AND I JUST REALIZED THAT APHRODITE’S THEME FROM THE HERCULES TV SHOW APPEARS WHEN VENUS DOES AT 1:45 THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY

Love the Planet Human animations you made! Wow, that’s really surprising that Mercury is the “mostest closest” to all the planets!

@hafidzv97

Жыл бұрын

do not start planethumans we already got countryhumans

@GalaxyStudios0

Жыл бұрын

@@hafidzv97That already exists. Sorry to inform you about this tragedy

I bet ya'll that Mercury is the mostest closest to the Sun as well.

@legendaryzet8450

4 жыл бұрын

Actually it's pluto

@emotionalavocado2336

4 жыл бұрын

Legendary Zet fam ever heard of vy canis majoris.yea that sun is the closest

@fantasticparrot602

4 жыл бұрын

No, I think that’s Pluto my dude

@error.418

4 жыл бұрын

@@legendaryzet8450 If y'all are gonna make a Pluto joke, at least pick the farther dwarf planet Eris, which is more massive than Pluto (22.6% the size of our moon vs Pluto's 17.7% the size of our moon) and has a larger orbit (67.78 AU radius vs Pluto's 39.48 AU radius). Or pick Sedna, another dwarf planet that has an absolutely huge orbit (506.8 AU radius).

@frmcf

4 жыл бұрын

You’ll have to show your working, I’m afraid.

So what you’re saying is that we need a dating sim of planets where you play as Mercury.

@schizophreniagaming1187

3 жыл бұрын

What if it's like DDLC, where you can choose one planet in the end, doesn't matter if its a guy or a gal. But the ending gets ruined by Black hole/ Sun becoming yandere for Mercury

@ilovemaxwellthecat

3 жыл бұрын

Hacks.

@Maybeprobablynot

3 жыл бұрын

@@schizophreniagaming1187 Don't forget the Pluto DLC

@nixalot9065

3 жыл бұрын

Rule34 dictates that this already exists in one way or another

@shaunmay2767

3 жыл бұрын

this needs to be a thing

"You too pluto" That line and delivery make this video worthy of many rewatch

I love the Saturn stick figure with blood on his mouth, that's such stupidly amazing attention to detail Edit: it's a reference to Saturn Devouring his Son, if that wasn't clear

Mercury is like that kid in school who knows EVERYone

@MakkusuOtaku

4 жыл бұрын

Osana Najimi.

@Alisha-yz6nd

4 жыл бұрын

@@MakkusuOtaku what???

@MakkusuOtaku

4 жыл бұрын

@@Alisha-yz6nd It's a character from the manga "Komi-san wa komyushou desu" that happens to fit the description of Mercury given.

@Alisha-yz6nd

4 жыл бұрын

@@MakkusuOtaku ok

@MakkusuOtaku

4 жыл бұрын

@SampleText OK boomer

I like how Mercury was named after the Gods' Messager and yet he coincidentally is the mostest closest

@sancoban1561

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe it wasnt a Coincidence and the romans Knew this

@flamersshowsandmore3864

3 жыл бұрын

@@sancoban1561 most likely not, but it would be a cool theory if so

@fishevans6417

3 жыл бұрын

@@flamersshowsandmore3864 my understanding is that it moves the fastest when observed of the planets and thus was linked to the winged messenger

@muntadar-albahadily

3 жыл бұрын

Messager? Gods be like: oh is that you step-planet?

@treestomped6954

3 жыл бұрын

@@muntadar-albahadily why

I love all the little details with the PlanetHumans, with Terra having Lunar as a baby, all of the palnets have traitds that their namesake deities are (Neptune having a trident, Uranus is ina frickin' cloud for some reason, Jupiter having a lightning bolt, Saturn having an agrarial scythe, etc.) they having reflective personalities, aslo of the namesake gods, everything! Great work, CGP Grey!

2:07 Those of us from a certain fandom see what did and I love it

Mercury is that one kid who has ties with the seniors

@cking4869

4 жыл бұрын

USAGI Mercury is the one really fun, extroverted kid that, despite all odds, is friends with everyone in the school and never gets bullied.

@noahhysi8622

4 жыл бұрын

"ties..."

@omega5040

4 жыл бұрын

@@cking4869 oh so me then. I was so surprised when a now ex told me that when we first were dating, took a walk around the school and everyone knew me. I was weird kid, idk how that happened.

@user6122

4 жыл бұрын

@@cking4869 holy heck how did you describe me so perfectly without me knowing

@moviemaker2011z

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, i know that feeling then.

i like how everyones happy, and earth is just having a midlife crisis at age 1

@Broccoli75

3 жыл бұрын

Pluto seems very sad

@Admiralty86

3 жыл бұрын

Earth actually is about halfway through its lifespan. 4.5B yrs old orbiting a star with a 10B yr lifespan.

@hamter8707

3 жыл бұрын

OP said that earth is having a midlife crisis at 1, which i'll assume is that they are pertaining to the child. What *I* understand however is that by Earth/Terra being the only one carrying the child, the child acts as a metaphor for how Earth is the only planet to support life. Hopefully that made enough sense to be understood. :D

@PianoMelodicaDark

3 жыл бұрын

naah, just big babies

@The360MlgNoscoper

3 жыл бұрын

@@hamter8707 "Mother Gaia"

I absolutely loved this. And after my first viewing of one of your vids about a month ago, and really enjoying more when your content pops up in my KZread feed... I'm moving from Subscribed to Joining today. Thank you for all your great content. It's fun and informative. The flags stuff was my first encounter. But I've been drawn in by so much else too. (I don't normally care about flags, because of mostly boring flags... and I'm just not a flag person... but I was actually really interested in Minnesota's flag change after I was drawn in by your stuff. Kinda reminds me of Alie Ward's Ologies podcast. She has so much great content, and many topics are things I just don't think I care much about. But it's in the magic of the delivery. Your humor shines through and draws me in. .... and you alliteration... I mean come on... How could I resist the Hexagons are the Bestagons. And I learned cool stuff while viewing! Thank You!

I'm a big fan of the astronomy-themed coffee, but I'm also interested in this hexagonal currency that keeps showing up in your videos

@filkoutsodim

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe it is a hint that Grey is launching his own crypto

@rontanamo_bae

2 жыл бұрын

Because hexagons are the bestagons

Mercury is just the little brother that everyone loves

@Drawmatic

4 жыл бұрын

The _very_ little brother. He's the smallest planet.

@marianicole507

4 жыл бұрын

Pluto: am i a joke to you?

@moonlitm3285

4 жыл бұрын

Mercury - The tough little guy Venus - Evil twin of Earth Earth - Good natured and beautiful Mars - The cool/relaxed dude Jupiter - The big bully/defender Saturn - Good-looking and attractive Uranus - Awkward/Butt of the joke Neptune - Mysterious and quiet

@xxleomappinggamingxxfirey4429

4 жыл бұрын

No Mercury -LEo Venus-greenhousegreenland Earth-darth Mars- older Jupiter-astrioid protection Saturn-ringland Uranus-gay Neptune-PX hater

@LilShrimp01

4 жыл бұрын

@@moonlitm3285 Actually, Mars would be the war raging soldier, I don't know where you're getting the cool, relaxed dude from this.

Broke: Solar System Woke: Mercury’s harem

@mikejameson7678

3 жыл бұрын

Aka. The Big Gangbang.

@confused4971

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikejameson7678 well done, sir. well done

@No1_Planet

3 жыл бұрын

wat

@NeinKyori

3 жыл бұрын

More like Sun's and Mercury's harem Mercury is like the main girl closest to harem protag (the Sun) but all the other girls don't compete but instead like her too. They all revolve around the harem protag the Sun for sure but also spend roughly 50% of the time closer to Mercury than the Sun

@erojerisiz1571

3 жыл бұрын

@@NeinKyori So basically Sun-senpai has a harem and Mercury-chan is the most popular

That was delightfully unexpected. Really gives a whole new meaning to the adjective "mercurial". Mercury is a real social butterfly in our solar system. A little bit of companionship for everyone.

Mercury is like your best friend, he may not be the absolute closest to you, but he's the best because he never goes too far.

Grey: "Which Planet is Closest?" Me: I'm pretty sure it's Earth?

@diggoran

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know about you guys, but Earth has been the closest planet to me for my whole life

@eyesofthecervino3366

4 жыл бұрын

*gasp* He found the loophole!

@theviniso

4 жыл бұрын

You're too dangerous to be left alive

@skylersmith8696

4 жыл бұрын

@@c7aerospace how did they derp exactly?

@TheGoukaruma

4 жыл бұрын

I bet you didn't even calculated it.

I like that Terra is holding a crying humanity in her arms.

@pianoguy222

4 жыл бұрын

I think it' the moon; as moons go, the Moon is proportionally *huge* compared to everyone else's moons.

@porkboybob3166

4 жыл бұрын

And Saturn has blood in his mouth, referencing the origin story of the gods!

@MaddRamm

4 жыл бұрын

I think that baby is our moon.

@KFordmusic

4 жыл бұрын

“Mother” Earth

@demi172

4 жыл бұрын

@@pianoguy222 the moon is blue and green? also there are moons in jupiter that are bigger than earths moon.

So if we were not strictly limiting to planets, by that logic you could say the Sun is the closest to all of them, or at least divides Mercury's "closest" status by half.

@reinei1

Жыл бұрын

Yep, which is also why mercury basically *must* be the mostest closest, because if you were to assume spherical-ish orbits the center of each orbit would obviously be the mostest closest (because the radius would basically be the steadiest and shortest distance {which is also why spherical-ish orbits are enough}) so if the literal center (assuming a static sun) fails one of the requirements obviously the next closest object which *does* fulfill all requirements must be the mostest closest... (Not that I would have ever thought about that fact before this video, but once I did I realized it basically just said "circles are round and have a fixed radius")

As an huge astronomy nerd, that was just fantastically entertaining!

Murcury being the mostest closest makes him a great messager coincidentally

@jaidengabriel1675

4 жыл бұрын

That's why we named the planet Mercury

@bigdiccmarty9335

4 жыл бұрын

Messenger*

@Ryan-be4qx

4 жыл бұрын

mini mini STOP THAT JOKE IS TO GOOD TO EXAIST

@biliminsrlar5752

4 жыл бұрын

*Yes*

@Odinsday

4 жыл бұрын

Mercury is a quick boi

This is the most counterintuitive thing i've heard ever.

@jamesknapp64

4 жыл бұрын

As he talked about towards the end it has to due with each planet spends about half its time on the opposite side of the Sun from each other. So about 1/3 of the time Venus is further away from Earth than Mercury can possible be. About 1/6 of the time Venus is closer than Mercury can possible be. And the final 1/2 of the time Venus or Mercury could be closer and due to symmetry each has about 1/2 the time closer. Thus about if you add these up Mercury is closer than Venus 7/12ths of time (simplified fractions not actual amounts, but shows the point). Thus the key is that Venus with its bigger orbit spends much more time being Further from Earth than Mercury could possibly be, than it spends as time Closer than Mercury could possibly be.

@maranatapalle

4 жыл бұрын

James Knapp Yeah, I do understand it - it’s just very much not intuitive 😁

@Alphabunsquad

4 жыл бұрын

If you go by average distance yes but in travel time for a spaceship. Smallest closest distance is then more important plus the amount of time you have to spend changing your speed to get an encounter

@SeventhSolar

4 жыл бұрын

maranatapalle It’s intuitive if you replace Mercury with the Sun. Say Earth compared to the Sun and Venus. Hold Earth still, it doesn’t matter where it is. Where in Venus’ orbit is it closer than the Sun?

@KurNorock

4 жыл бұрын

This is why you shouldn't always trust common sense.

Wow, I would never have thought so. Awesome video!

Thank Princess Celestia, I guess. This was a very enlightening video! You explained it very well.

Mercury is the most closest because he's a messenger.

@siyacer

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta go fast

@hectoriiibongconuqui7106

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my God...

@SWBGTOC

4 жыл бұрын

They knew

@Inamichan

4 жыл бұрын

😱😱

@GameCyborgCh

4 жыл бұрын

what a coincidence

Mercury! I thought we had something special! 😞

@Lazymotion

4 жыл бұрын

Wait a minute I have another account named Earth... SO WHO ARE YOU

@348joey

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lazymotion Evil twin?

@Lazymotion

3 жыл бұрын

@@348joey :O

@348joey

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lazymotion I forgot the "Dun-dun-dun!", sorry.

@Lazymotion

3 жыл бұрын

@@348joey Ok also this reply is my first reply after I upgraded to windows 10 :D

I always love how you make things little characters on your videos its so cute

This video is a delight for me, I love rewatching it.

Now the real question is Who is the mostest closest to mercury

@Proximate1

4 жыл бұрын

The sun

@soldeeznuts7831

4 жыл бұрын

Mercury

@zaldytapia7522

4 жыл бұрын

SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Basket_Propellors

4 жыл бұрын

Mercury

@photophone5574

4 жыл бұрын

Venus

I love that Saturn has blood on his chin from eating his children.

@decoture3822

4 жыл бұрын

BOI HE ATE HIS MOONS

@nitgo3451

4 жыл бұрын

Oh boy, it's a long creepy story that is.

@user-qd7zb4wm9b

4 жыл бұрын

yummy

@inkedseahear

4 жыл бұрын

Attention, Site-100 is undergoing containment breach, all personnel are to cease current operations to recontain 2845

@teridactyl1250

4 жыл бұрын

Took me a second to remember that Saturn was the Roman form of Kronos (I think)

Found this channel at the right time.Great channel, More power to you! ⚡

Assuming you could find a way to not be boiled alive or freeze, seems like Mercury would probably be the best place for an interplanatary civilization to use as a launch point, especially if you can find a way to siphon off fuel for futuristic fusion propulsion from Sol.

@emurphy42

Жыл бұрын

I’d think that staying further away from the sun’s gravity would be a bigger deal, but we’re talking about future tech here, so there are several variables there to play with.

"Hey Saturn, you have some Ketchup on your mout... Oh, right."

@joeyhardin5903

3 жыл бұрын

hey saturn, you have some babies' blood on your mout... oh, right

@emmanuelthegreat422

3 жыл бұрын

I don't get it

@l4pin

3 жыл бұрын

@@emmanuelthegreat422 According to legend, Saturn, who had overthrown his own father, learned of a prophecy in which it was foretold that one of his own sons would overthrow his power in similar fashion. Obsessed with preventing the prophecy from being fulfilled, Saturn devoured each of his children as soon as they were born.

@anonymouscausewhynot

3 жыл бұрын

@@l4pin well sh!t...

@Kronosfobi

3 жыл бұрын

@@l4pin Isnt that Kronos's backstory? Literally?

I feel like you made this video just so you could say "mostest closest" a whole bunch of times.

@ayanswtt

4 жыл бұрын

Хьис .им

@rico1346

4 жыл бұрын

^^^^^^ Ah yes, no comment section here on KZread is complete without the default profile picture saying something completely irrelevant or in a different language which is also likely irrelevant xD

@mireiav8161

4 жыл бұрын

@@ayanswtt flores. CwcwñEKñKXLKLEKSs o9w3ek x

@mistahp6181

4 жыл бұрын

@@rico1346 ςργη ηθφδ γξδε γγξιθ για την προστασία

@kidatanakafan

4 жыл бұрын

@@rico1346 Abn al-Baghdadi did nothing wrong

Im bout to ruin my techer's whole carer

Dude the way you explained it was AMAZING and this is coming from a student who spent 2 years studying about astronomy

CGP Grey blowing my mind again at an unscheduled rate

@pratn

4 жыл бұрын

I feel uncomfortable with this mostest closest definition I suppose intuitively we think of the average distance between the orbits when thinking about the distance between planets

@regnij01

4 жыл бұрын

Your likes are booming at an unscheduled rate

@Soxaldinho

4 жыл бұрын

Was going to use this exact phrase. "Mind Blown". He answers questions you didn't even know you wanted to ask!

@MusikCassette

4 жыл бұрын

@@pratn I think, we think in terms, of how hard it is, to get from one place to an other. and the mostest closes is not a good metrik for that

@Desintyx2

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, exactly.

All other planets are in some toxic relationship: constantly shifting between being super intimate and escaping as far as they can from each other. And Mercury is that one guy who's not very close, but always within reach, if you ever need him.

@KaiserMattTygore927

4 жыл бұрын

"Its just me -krillin- Mercury, everyone's friend"

@LimeyLassen

4 жыл бұрын

Alternatively, it's a harem anime

@thelank4892

4 жыл бұрын

So mercury is a rebound?

@1c72

4 жыл бұрын

Braid?

@snow8624

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my god. Mercury is a cat.

What a fun video! I probably watched every space video on youtube but have never heard of Mercury being the mostest closest. well done!!

Just fabulous. The animation is superb.

But to find out what the true canon couple is we have to answer this: *Who's the mostest closest to Mercury?*

@cookiecakeeater6340

2 жыл бұрын

Venus

@different3sun848

2 жыл бұрын

mercury

@J0hnB09

2 жыл бұрын

The sun?

@kugerblitz7388

2 жыл бұрын

@@J0hnB09 is this the season 2 wildcard?

@RGC_animation

2 жыл бұрын

Mercury?

Teacher: What is the closest planet to earth? Students: Venus! The smart kid:

@mikejameson7678

3 жыл бұрын

That one kid: you know what rhymes with Venus?

@ZyxFrontier

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikejameson7678 lmao.

@PrintScreen.

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikejameson7678 Genius?

@dinodoestuff

3 жыл бұрын

Chad Walker pe-

@PrintScreen.

3 жыл бұрын

@@dinodoestuff peacock?

This is absolutely fascinating and amazing to learn.

Thank you for giving us knowledge

In conclusion the solar system is just Mercury's harem

@40watt53

2 жыл бұрын

never say that again

@Arto_forreal

2 жыл бұрын

your not wrong

@r.jguerra5526

2 жыл бұрын

No no. He's got a point

@A.Singularity

2 жыл бұрын

take my like and leave

@mohit5496

2 жыл бұрын

and he is shota 😂😂

Teacher: So what planet is the closest to earth. Everyone: Mars or Venus. Me an intellectual: Mercury

@Ven-20

4 жыл бұрын

Me, the mostest intellectual : Yo mama! (I'll leave now)

@kevintrang3007

4 жыл бұрын

This is why mercury is fluid; it's flexible!

@waterbears9874

4 жыл бұрын

im doing with whenever I get the chance

@skya6863

4 жыл бұрын

The question they posed are not the same though. Here it is which planet averagely has the lowest distance to us but they are probably asking which planet's rotation radii is closest to earth's

@rcb3921

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly, you will be as well received as I am when I do my shtick about primary colors.

Damn, you never fail to teach me interesting things with your videos.

I come back to this video from time to time

Teacher: "what's the closest planet to earth?" Me: "Mercury" Also teacher: "no you stupid dingus, the closest is mars & venus" Me: "i'm 4 parallel universe ahead of you"

@JanetStarChild

3 жыл бұрын

Depends if the teacher is referring to time or space. Mercury is closest most of the time, but Venus is overall the closest any planet ever gets to Earth.

@Jivvi

3 жыл бұрын

@@JanetStarChild Without any other context, it would have to mean the closest planet to earth _right now._ So you'd have to know where the planets are in their orbits to answer.

@nicoruppert4207

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jivvi the best bet would still be mercury though.

@Zenith_682

2 жыл бұрын

Me: “you uneducated fiend. Let me enlighten you *shows video* “

@Zenith_682

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicoruppert4207 yeah probability wise Mercury is the best choice all the time.

Quiz show host: "What is the closest planet to..." CGP Grey: "Mercury!!" Quis show host: "But I didn't get to..." CGP Grey: "Doesn't matter. I'm going with Mercury."

@tocomment9638

3 жыл бұрын

Quiz show host: Well too bad, the question was "what is the closest planet to the Moon" which orbits the Earth, so you lose.

@Xindiel

3 жыл бұрын

@Dylan Yin reread the quetion again, slowly

@andrewcheng1948

3 жыл бұрын

Quiz show host:so mercury is the mostest closest to mercury?

@urielantoniobarcelosavenda780

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewcheng1948 well, tecnically the true

@superjc2528

3 жыл бұрын

Dylan Yin *REED* THE QUESTION CAREFULLY

This is a very enjoyable bit of science. I also like how it is 3.14 long. Neat.

Mercury: Get a rose Mars. Mars: Dude im not gay

As expected from god of messangers, he is the closest to everyone at anytime

@TheLucidDreamer12

4 жыл бұрын

But everyone loves Apollo and/or Helios.

@robertyang4365

4 жыл бұрын

Not quite anytime, a bit more like *most* of the time

@kevinsun7617

3 жыл бұрын

mostest closest

@nepunepu5894

3 жыл бұрын

Not anytime closest but mostest closest.

@kallvt

3 жыл бұрын

Got something I'm supposed to deliver, your hands only

Mercury needs to figure himself out. Can't be playing these emotional games with us.

@kinyutaka

4 жыл бұрын

Don't shame him for being a pint-sized pansexual polyamorous prince.

@daivahataka

4 жыл бұрын

Mercury was the messenger of the gods, do you think the Romans had figured this proximity thing out long before us? 😯

@Madhattersinjeans

4 жыл бұрын

@@daivahataka It's possible. Figuring out which small dot orbiting a larger one remains closest to another dot isn't exactly difficult to figure out. A simple visual aid and a bit of basic maths is all you need. Okay maybe not basic, but fairly simple in comparison to the abominations that modern mathematics has associated itself with now. It's like the prostitute of knowledge, everyone uses it and brags about it to all the other sciences/subjects when they give it a spin but it's not really maths at that point it's some strange hybrid creature that you just don't ever want to look at in the daylight.

@kinyutaka

4 жыл бұрын

@@daivahataka They named Mercury after Mercury because it travelled the fastest.

@isaiahdobesh5109

4 жыл бұрын

@The Purest Form of Cancer, he could just be a good friend, always there should you need him, but never getting *that* close or *that* far away. Besides, I think his one true love is the sun.

Wow thank you. I learned something new today.

Wow. Didn't know that, very educational, love it! :)

2:23 a hidden bee next to his coffie cup

@urielseptim910

4 жыл бұрын

Ye *bee* havin' th'best eyesight.

@akam9919

4 жыл бұрын

Kill it with fire.

@jaxixteen

4 жыл бұрын

EASTER EGG

@andrasaronkazai5179

4 жыл бұрын

And 4 seconds later, boom! There isn't any bees Edit:Ya like jazz?

@yourlocalcinnasnail3065

Жыл бұрын

@@andrasaronkazai5179 no I dont

Fun fact: Mercury is also the closest to the sun

@michaellyden2580

4 жыл бұрын

IT IS!!!??? THAT'S UNPOSSIBLE!!!!!

@vindictivve

4 жыл бұрын

Or is it?

@IbeatHalo1onLegendary

4 жыл бұрын

IMPOSSIBLE! THAT CANT BE!

@TheBlock616

4 жыл бұрын

:mindblown:

@keelerigaming9429

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaellyden2580 what is UNPOSSIBLE

Aww Thx you su mutch for pluto ! the littel " Slap " noise make me smiles :D

The video that made me start watching CGP

"Who do you want to be the closest too?" Mercury: *Yes.*

@metasystem8625

4 жыл бұрын

Inclusive or doesn't work that way! A proper joke would be "Do you want to be closest to Venus, Earth or Mars?" - Mercury: Yes.

@pranavlimaye

4 жыл бұрын

@@metasystem8625 Or rather: "How many planets would you like to be closest to?" Little merc-boi: *Yes.*

@kagitsune

4 жыл бұрын

Polyamory! 🎉

@metasystem8625

4 жыл бұрын

@@pranavlimaye No. The "inclusive or" joke only works if the question is a yes-or-no question with more than one possibility. For example, "Would you like to be closest to Earth or Mars?" could be split up into "Would you like to be closest to Earth?" - No. - "OK, would you like to be closest to Mars?" - Yes. In everyday speech, these two questions are contracted, with the expected answer being "Earth" or "Mars". NOW you can instead answer "yes" to make a joke, with the yes meaning "Yes, I would like to be closest to one of the two." Asking "How many" or "Which" etc can never be answered by yes, and thus the joke does not work. It was a bad joke from the start, since it is only funny if the reader did not pick up on the fact that the answer is possible, since we're so used to picking one of the alternatives. But now it's just sad since people apparently forgot how logic works entirely.

@W4rgalactic

4 жыл бұрын

@@metasystem8625 shut fucking up joke police

Which planets are you closest to Mercury: YES

@stefangrobbink7760

4 жыл бұрын

Mercury is the closest planet for every other planet, but only one planet can be the closest for mercury 🤔

@russophile9874

4 жыл бұрын

For Mercury, only Venus is the closest.

@janterri3539

4 жыл бұрын

Russophile It changes constantly there isn’t a closest

@aripmjr

4 жыл бұрын

I died

@wellingtonsmith4998

4 жыл бұрын

guess you could say that Mercury really 'gets around' get it, wink-wink nudge-nudge?

This video is in one word: delightful

Damn mercury has better game than me and it’s not even alive

Thoroughly enjoyed the reference to Saturn Devouring His Son in Saturn's person graphic

@forestreee

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't understand. Saturn had which son? The child was with The earth's person graphic right?

@lauraschantz9058

4 жыл бұрын

@@forestreee In mythology, the god Saturn (Chronos in Greek) would devour his own children. Jupiter/Zeus was his son and defeated him.

@tobiasmeerdink5023

4 жыл бұрын

@@forestreee And there was a painting by Francisco Goya depicting Saturn as a crazed murderer, with blood dripping down his face as he consumed one of his children

@ladymistral

4 жыл бұрын

Saturn Devouring His Scone

@1001day

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying this. I was looking in the comments to see if anyone else saw it 😅

2:52 I love the detail of Saturn having blood on his chin.

@jeffbenton6183

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kanyewest3 Saturn, father of Jupiter, received a prophecy that one of his offspring would overthrow him, so he ate all his kids immediately after they were born except Jupiter, because his mom (Saturn's wife) was able to trick Saturn. Jupiter grew up and was able to cut all his siblings out of Saturn (because they're gods and trivial things like being eaten alive won't kill them) thus fulfilling the prophecy (which evidently, wouldn't have happened if Saturn just tried being a decent dad). (Of course, in the original Greek legend, they're called Zeus and Cronos, not Jupiter and Saturn. Also, Caelus was the father of Saturn, and Uranus was the father of Cronos, confusingly enough.)

@nicolasinvernizzi6140

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffbenton6183 in other words uranus should be caelus for consistency.

@jeffbenton6183

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicolasinvernizzi6140 Exactly

@lightwaves1859

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffbenton6183 are self-fullfilling prophecies a common thing in ancient myths? because this reminded me of how oedipus' parents were told they would be kill/married by their son and so they abandon him, which just leads to the whole father killing/mother marrying thing.

@thego-dev

3 жыл бұрын

@@lightwaves1859 yup. a huge part of those myths can be summed up as just "you can't change fate"

Nice explanation thanks!

Damn, who would've thought the small guy at the front of the line was the biggest playboy of them all.

Grey: “which planet is the mostest closest?” Also Grey: *hops on a space shuttle for research field trip*

@DoctressCalibrator

4 жыл бұрын

He didn't do that.

@redstonerabbit

4 жыл бұрын

@@DoctressCalibrator r/woosh

@alexgravenor

4 жыл бұрын

With the frizz? No way!

@patu8010

4 жыл бұрын

@@DoctressCalibrator What, Grey didn't make the first manned mission to Mercury?

@aloevera3317

4 жыл бұрын

I should have stayed home today 😩

No wonder he's the messenger of the Gods, he's bffs with all of them

I was just expecting this to be you saying the orbits make this a "depends" answer. I certainly wasn't expecting the fun Mercury factoid

My man mercury here rocking the harem ending

Mercury is basically that one family member where everyone just loves

@MacoLmao

4 жыл бұрын

@DANIEL DANG unfortunately

@stellarfirefly

4 жыл бұрын

Or the one family member that everybody somehow can't get rid of. >_>

@Jimraynor45

4 жыл бұрын

I too equate planets with family members.

@brownxperson

4 жыл бұрын

mercury is the youngest sibling, im pluto

@laundrewashington3734

4 жыл бұрын

@@brownxperson so you're adopted and/or they suddenly hate you for some reason?

"spoiler: no" before it was "spoiler: not what you think" sorry, it was "spoiler: you're wrong" Oh and now it's missing the spoiler part completely.

@kaplonk

4 жыл бұрын

DaDARKPass saw that too weird that he changed it

@Bradley_UA

4 жыл бұрын

before it was "you are wrong"

@sapnieldaboss3699

4 жыл бұрын

DaDARKPass It actually used to be “spoiler: your wrong”

@DaDARKPass

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bradley_UA Yeah whoops. I forgot what it was kinda.

@erfanian

4 жыл бұрын

Probably no is the mostest closest

I need to send this to my astronomy professor, they will love this

Whether you coined it or not, I absolutely love your usage of "mostest"

0:17 “planets are not people queuing for coffee”. Me: Spinning coffee shop.

@ishratjahanpanna6475

3 жыл бұрын

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@micahneo8985

2 жыл бұрын

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@whilemycookiegentlycrumblz

2 жыл бұрын

…

@akashahir8657

2 жыл бұрын

....

@micahneo8985

2 жыл бұрын

.....

Mercury just out here being friends with everyone.

@Molscheira

4 жыл бұрын

"friends" 😉

@Molscheira

4 жыл бұрын

@Русский Гопник That is such a cute image - thank you for that!

I was rewatching this and realized it'd be an amazing short just a suggestion

I love how you made Saturn have blood on his mouth like the painting

This sounds kinda like the writing in a childrens' book in the best way, especially the "mostest closest" bit. ... Well, now I want to see this as a childrens' book.

@zebraaapje3320

4 жыл бұрын

I'll make one :)

@alofii6106

4 жыл бұрын

Xd

@Phoenix_The_HeroHater

4 жыл бұрын

Same tbh

@kappnk9821

4 жыл бұрын

@@zebraaapje3320 yay

@wannabehistorian371

4 жыл бұрын

A very good picture book. Maybe CGP Grey could make a picture book someday.

What I learned from this video: Mercury is madly flirtatious and also bisexual.

@wardabatool717

4 жыл бұрын

mythology seems to agree.

@JaneCarolineIsFine

4 жыл бұрын

Grimty Granule sounds like my kind of deity

@trueaidooo

4 жыл бұрын

@Stellvia Hoenheim What an unnecessary and assholish thing to reply

@TheLucidDreamer12

4 жыл бұрын

@@wardabatool717 that's more Apollo's thing, and everyone already orbits him.

@errorpedia

4 жыл бұрын

@Stellvia Hoenheim rude???

Mercury is so nice

Mercury is a player

This is so delightfully appropriate for the planet named after the messenger of the gods. Who else can pass notes between them better but the mostest closest?

Me after watching CGP Grey: Yeah, Im something of a scientist myself.

Love the animation!

if you play dyson sphere program, where you AND the planets move kinda fast, you really learn what mostly closest means. its also addicting like factorio...

For those who wanted the "occasional closest" rather than "mostest closest" The closest possible opposition distance between Earth andVenus is 38 million kilometers. The minimum distance from the Earthto Mars is about 54.6 million kilometers.

@NisseVex

4 жыл бұрын

thank you

@diegopescia9602

4 жыл бұрын

thanks

@Orsan_

4 жыл бұрын

That's actually the answer I was expecting from this video.

@tavojr

4 жыл бұрын

Answer i was looking for thank you

@diggitydoo5836

4 жыл бұрын

What’s that in bananas?

Who else thoroughly enjoyed the little romance scenes. Best rose drawings ever

@gooblord9006

4 жыл бұрын

Better love story than twilight

I started this video thinking that i already knew what i was going to see, well, i was wrong. Thanks you for this video, it's great and i love it