C , most likely due to large quantities of greenhouse gases in its atmosphere , whereas Mercury , though the closest to the Sun , has an almost negligible atmosphere of atoms blasted off its surface by solar winds (Encrenaz et al , 2004 . Venus and Earth are about the same size and mass , yet carbon dioxide is a major constituent of the atmosphere of Venus although oxygen is much more abundant in the Earth 's atmosphere . Explain why the atmospheres are so different . At...
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