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VENUS

Its surface is a brownish-yellow colour because of its thick atmosphere which is composed of sulfuric acid and CO2.

Its size is a little over 12.000 kilometers (7.300 miles) in diameter. It rotates the sun in 243 days.

Venus is very hot; the temperature there is over 400°C.

Venus is hotter than the Earth.

Venus is the hottest planet of our Solar System.