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.
1 Venus is the closest planet to Earth. 2  When Venus is in line with Earth and the Sun, it is the closest planet to us, at an average distance of 41 million kilometers (25.5 million miles) away.