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Inner Planets
The closest planet to the sun is Mercury and the second one is Venus, they are the inner planets. Mercury is the second smallest planet with cliffs as high as 3km. Mercury has no atmosphere. With Mercury’s lack of atmosphere and having it be so close to the sun, the planet’s surface temperature can be as high as 800 Degrees f and as low as -350 Degrees f. Venus is known as Earths Twin because they are very close in size. The high temperature of Venus is 891 degrees f. and the low temperature is 837 degrees f. Venus is 67 million miles from the sun when Mercury is only 36 million miles.
Article posted September 29, 2008 at 08:10 AM •
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