How can we see the sun and not see some other planets, like Venus despite them being closer to Earth than the sun is?

Question

I tried googling this, but I couldn’t understand what it meant, so can anyone here help me out?

In: Physics

Answer 1

The Sun is a huge glowing ball which when you consider the distance it is away is the same relative size as the Moon, at night you can see the light of the Sun bouncing off Venus letting it glow like a star low down near the horizon. Planets don’t produce their own light they require the light of the Sun to be reflected off them for us to see them.