What is the 2nd hottest planet in the solar system?

Answer 1

No. Venus is the hottest planet, even though Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.

Mercury receives the most solar radiation from the Sun, and its rotation is very slow, so the surface can heat up to over 430 degrees C. But when that part of the surface faces away from the Sun, the temperature drops to minus 200 degrees C. There is no atmosphere to distribute the heat.

By contrast, Venus, the hottest planet, has a dense atmosphere of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid clouds. This is the reason that Venus can get hotter than Mercury. The atmosphere traps solar heat and keeps the entire planet very hot all of the time. It is like a greenhouse with no exhaust valve and no door to let the heat out. The surface temperature of Venus is about 460 degrees C even at night.

Answer 2

Yes it is. And Venus is the hottest planet even though Mercury is closer to the sun. It because Venus has a thick atmosphere which causes it to trap the heat onto the planet which makes it hotter.

Answer 3

Venus is the second hottest planet in our solar system, with an average surface temperature of around 462 degrees Celsius (864 degrees Fahrenheit). This intense heat is due to its thick atmosphere that traps heat from the sun in a runaway greenhouse effect.

Answer 4

yes,although its closest planet to the sun.

no matter what mercury is the send hottest plant because venus is the first. venus has high temperatures so it is the first hottest planet

Answer 5

Yes. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, but is only the second hottest planet after Venus.

Answer 6

No, It's Venus 'cause it traps heat.

Answer 7

Yes, and Venus is the hotest

Answer 8

Mercury.

Answer 9

Mercury