What is the hottest part of a planet? Is it the surface or the atmosphere?

Jun 17, 2013 ... In this short explainer video, Universe Today publisher Fraser Cain explains what is the hottest planet in the Solar System. Jan 12, 2024 ... ... hottest June on record. 2023 was the world's warmest year on record ... A warming planet means we need to be prepared for the impacts ... Jun 19, 2023 ... Venus is the hottest planet due to its thick atmosphere composed mainly of carbon dioxide, which causes a strong greenhouse effect that traps ... The hottest planet in the solar system is Venus with an average temperature of 464 degree Celsius and the coldest planet in the solar system is Pluto with an ... Jan 14, 2017 ... It may be Venus with its almost 500 degree-Celsius surface temperatures, or it could be Jupiter, with a core tens of thousands of degrees. But certainly not ... Jun 2, 2016 ... Mercury is hot. If we're being quantitative, it's actually extremely hot! As the closest planet to the Sun, it completes an orbit in just 88 Earth-days. Apr 17, 2025 ... Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system due to its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, trapping heat as part of a runaway greenhouse effect ... Apr 5, 2016 ... Is Mercury the Hottest Planet? Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, and thus receives the most direct heat. However, Venus is hotter, as ... May 9, 2007 ... The newly discovered 'hot Jupiter' HD 149026b is the hottest planet known. At around 2300 K, its temperature is higher than that of many ... Jul 23, 2024 ... July 21 clocked in at 17.09 degrees Celsius, or 62.76 Fahrenheit, and was the hottest day on Earth since at least 1940, according to the ...