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

First of all, you can see Venus, it’s rather easy to observe at dawn and dusk.

The reason why you see the Sun it because it’s far much bigger (so its apparent diameter seen from Earth is far larger even if it’s at a longer distance) and far much brighter (since the planets only reflect the light of the Sun).