Venus is the second planet from the Sun and our closest planetary neighbor. ... Its thick atmosphere traps heat in a runaway greenhouse effect, making it the hottest planet in our solar system with surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead. Example of a greenhouse gas is Carbondioxide.
The carbon dioxide traps most of the heat from the Sun. The cloud layers also act as a blanket. The result is a “runaway greenhouse effect” that has caused the planet's temperature to soar to 465°C, hot enough to melt lead. This means that Venus is even hotter than Mercury.
Because Mercury is so close to the sun, it can be very hot. On its sunny side, Mercury can reach a scorching 800 degrees Fahrenheit! (But Mercury is not the hottest planet in the solar system. ... On its dark side, Mercury gets very cold because it has almost no atmosphere to hold in heat and keep the surface warm.
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