Venus
The order of the 9 planets from the sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
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Venus is the second closest planet to Earth after Mercury.
No, Saturn is not the second planet closest to the sun. Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun in our solar system, following Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury in that order.
Pluto will be traveling fastest around the sun when it is closest to the sun, at its perihelion point. Kepler's second law, also known as the law of equal areas, states that a planet will sweep out equal areas in equal times as it orbits the sun. This means that the speed of a planet varies throughout its orbit, being fastest at the closest point to the sun.
Venus is approximately 0.72 astronomical units from the sun.
Venus is the second hottest planet in our solar system, despite not being the closest to the sun. Its thick atmosphere traps heat, creating scorching temperatures that make it hotter than even Mercury, the closest planet to the sun.