[Verginius Rufus]

According to The World Almanac 2011, Saturn's distance from the earth varies from 743 million miles to 1,031 million miles, while Uranus' distance from the earth varies from 1,605 million to 1,962 million miles. So generally Uranus is about twice as distant, but at times it could be only 1.6 times as distant.

In astronomical units, Saturn's mean distance from the sun is 9.582 while Uranus' is 19.201.

[from occupied ga]

So generally Uranus is about twice as distant, but at times it could be only 1.6 times as distant.

Yep every 84 years it could be that "close." I reiterate what I said about orbital positioning not making any significant difference. It's all science fiction.