Question

______ is the second nearest planet to the sun.

Answer 1

Hint: It is the hottest planet of our solar system. It is the second brightest natural object in the night sky after the Moon. It is also known as the sister planet of Earth because of their similar size, mass, proximity to the Sun.

Complete answer:
Solar system is a group of planets, asteroids and various other celestial bodies that are held together by the gravitational force of a star.
Our solar system consists of eight planets held together by a star we call Sun. These planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits. These planets, in the ascending order of their distance from the sun, are as follows: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Pluto was excluded as a planet in the year 2006 and was termed as ‘Dwarf Planet’.
Hence, Venus is the second nearest planet to the sun.

Note:
Although Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun, it is not the hottest planet. Venus is the hottest planet owing to its atmosphere. Its atmosphere traps most of the heat incident on it and doesn’t allow it to escape, hence making Venus the hottest planet. Mercury is the second hottest planet.