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Why is it that the temperature of venus is hotter than mercury, even though Mercury is nearer the sun?

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Why is it that the temperature of venus is hotter than mercury, even though Mercury is nearer the sun?

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  1. Mercury has no atmosphere to hold the heat in; Venus has a thick atmosphere that traps the heat in a runaway Greenhouse Effect.

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