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Is planet Mercury bright like venus?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

In fact, both planets are dark. The only reason Venus looks bright to us is not because it has it's own light, but because it reflects light from the Sun. It's the same thing for Mercury.

So, both Mercury and Venus appear bright to us.

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