Take the distances of Mercury and Venus from the Sun in Earth-based Astronomical Units and you get nothing special:
| Planet | Distance
from the Sun in km (000) |
Distance
in AU per NASA |
| Mercury | 57,910 | 0.3871 |
| Venus | 108,200 | 0.7233 |
Let the distance of Mercury be 1 and you get an entirely different perspective:
| Planet | Distance from the Sun in km (000) |
Distance where Mercury =1 |
| Mercury | 57,910 | 1.0000 |
| Venus | 108,200 | 1.8686 |
Solar Geometry, using a ratio of 1.8660, reveals this intriguing relationship between the Sun, Mercury and Venus:
Mercury * (½ ( √3 + 1 )) 2 = Venus = 1.8660
Mercury * (½ ( √3 + 1 )) ² = Venus