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Venus appears brighter than Mercury for two main reasons. First, Venus is much larger than Mercury, which means it has a larger surface area to reflect sunlight. Second, the surface of Mercury consists largely of fairly dark rock, which does not relfect theat much sunlight. Venus is covered in white clouds of sulfuric acid, which reflect quite a bit of sunlight.

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