Re: Water vapour detected on alien world

N Cook wrote or quoted:
>
> ... which it orbits 9
> times as close as Mercury does to the Sun.

Nine times as close is a weird construct. Does it mean at one ninth the
distance?

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Frederick Williams	Re: Water vapour detected on alien world N Cook wrote or quoted: > > ... which it orbits 9 > times as close as Mercury does to the Sun. Nine times as close is a weird construct. Does it mean at one ninth the distance? -- Remove "antispam" and ".invalid" for e-mail address. "He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord, and shall be repaid," said Mrs Fairchild, hastily slipping a shilling into the poor woman's hand.