You are obviously excited about the solar system, which is great! However there is a pretty specific order in which the planets revolve around the sun (although that can have exceptions!). Pointing that out is not pedantic.
Perhaps the video you watched was mentioning that the effects from the sun have a greater influence on these planets?
I think by “close to the sun” they meant “similar to the sun” rather than “proximate to the sun.” In other contexts this word substitution wouldn’t cause confusion (e.g. “a plantain is pretty close to a banana” would not lead most people to look around them for the subjects) but the context of space makes this word choice a little prone to this confusion.
You are obviously excited about the solar system, which is great! However there is a pretty specific order in which the planets revolve around the sun (although that can have exceptions!). Pointing that out is not pedantic.
Perhaps the video you watched was mentioning that the effects from the sun have a greater influence on these planets?
Either way, they are not closer to it.
I think by “close to the sun” they meant “similar to the sun” rather than “proximate to the sun.” In other contexts this word substitution wouldn’t cause confusion (e.g. “a plantain is pretty close to a banana” would not lead most people to look around them for the subjects) but the context of space makes this word choice a little prone to this confusion.