If getting closer to the sun means it’s gets hotter, would there be a point in space where temperatures would be earthlike?

Question

If getting closer to the sun means it’s gets hotter, would there be a point in space where temperatures would be earthlike?

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

Yeah, we call it the “habitable zone”

Of course it matters how bright the star is, how reflective the planet’s surface is (called albedo) and whether or not the planet has an atmosphere