I was reading a post by
IkarosAndEris, when I had a thought. [
en.wikipedia.org]
Ikaros (OK,
Icarus, if you want to be picky, but Ikaros is the original Greek form) is an asteroid whose perihelion lies within the orbit of Mercury and which can come within 4 million miles of the Earth at its point of closest approach, whereas [
en.wikipedia.org]
Eris is one of the most distant objects so far discovered in our solar system, at 96.6 astronomical units from the Sun - though its perihelion is a mere 37.77 AU, or 3.5 billion miles. It is unlikely that the two will ever meet.
I really need to get out more.