text: Venus is way hotter than the temperatures is 90 times greater than what we experience on Earth . According to paragraph 3 it says "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to the sun." Even though Mercury is closer to the sun Venus is so hot because of all the erupting valcanoes, earth strikes, and lightning strikes that may land on Venus's surface. Astronomers believe that Venus was once similar to Earth because of its features. Paragraph 4 says "today venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valley's mountains, and craters." The Astronomers think since Venus looks similar to Earth because of the rocky, mountains, and valley's type of features.