re: #94 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Oh, that’s definitely part of it too, but without atmosphere it wouldn’t be nearly as hot. Venus’s atmosphere is what makes it hotter than Mercury, even though Mercury is closer to the sun.

If I’m not mistaken, Venus’ atmosphere has a higher albedo than Earth’s, meaning that more light is reflected from Venus, bouncing into space rather than heating the planet.

Yet, even with that, the CO2 level ensures that the temperature is very high.