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Explain why Mercury is closer to the Sun than Venus, yet Venus has higher temperatures.
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Explain why Mercury is closer to the Sun than Venus, yet Venus has higher temperatures.

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it’s deeper in the orbit
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Venus has an extremely dense atmosphere filled with toxic and nauseous gasses, ( not those kind ) that seem to trap heat that is collected by the sun.

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