16 by Michael Sternbach As it happens, I just found this article "Mercury is No Longer the Closest Astronomical Body to the Sun", published two days ago: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecarte ... -neighbor/ It talks about the newly discovered asteroid 2021 PH27, that crosses the orbits of Venus and Mercury and gets close enough to the Sun to melt lead. _________________ Visit my blog: https://michaelsternbach.wordpress.com/ Quote Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:01 pm