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Venus. It's much hotter than Mercury, which is closer to the sun than Venus. The hotter temperature on Venus is due to the "greenhouse gas" effect. All the clouds on Venus keep the temperature from escaping into space, so Venus gets heat from the sun, and very little escapes back into space. Mercury has no atmosphere, so there is no "greenhouse gas effect" on Mercury.

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