Eli5: Venus is the second planet from The Sun, Mercury is first. Why is Venus still the hotttest planet in the Solar System?

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Eli5: Venus is the second planet from The Sun, Mercury is first. Why is Venus still the hotttest planet in the Solar System?

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You know how earth’s average temperature is rising due to greenhouse effect caused by CO2 emissions? Venus’ atmosphere is almost exclusively made out of CO2 and other gases that cause greenhouse effects. Venus is a planetary-scale greenhouse so it gets really really hot.

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