Where a stipulator had no interest in the performance for the third party (and provided the stipulatio alteri was phrased correctly), the promisor first had to confirm the promise by oath in order to render the natural obligation into a civil obligation.
How far away is Venus from Earth? The planet Venus is the second planet from the sun and Earth is the third. Venus is the closest planet to Earth. It is about 25 million miles (40 million kilometers) away from Earth.
VENUS is the closest planet to Earth. However, its proximity to our planet depends on the orbits of both. The two planets travel in ellipses around the sun, and so the distance between them is constantly changing. At its farthest, Venus lies 261 million kilometers away. This is when the Sun is between Venus and Earth.