Multiple choice

Which of the following is the hottest planet of our solar system?

  1. Neptune

  2. Mercury

  3. Jupiter

  4. Venus

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Venus is composed mostly of carbon dioxide. There are thick layers of clouds of sulphuric acid, which produce green house effect to raise its surface temperature to 4600C. Actually, it is hotter than Mercury despite being nearly twice as far from the Sun.