• Question: Which is the warmest planet in our solar system?

    Asked by loucel to Adam on 13 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Adam Stevens

      Adam Stevens answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      Venus! You might think it was Mercury because it’s so close to the Sun, but Venus’ atmosphere is very thick and has lots of greenhouse gases in it, giving it a really powerful greenhouse effect. This means the surface of Venus is about 500 degrees celcius.

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