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by tjtx41 on January 28th, 2006
Why is Mercury's core so large?
by Marguerite on March 9th, 2012
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What is different about Mercury's orbit around the sun, compared to the other planets?
by Marguerite on November 18th, 2008
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What is causing the huge scarps that are running across mercury's srface
by lazybones on November 11th, 2008
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Does the planet Mercury have wings?
by Andy B has left AB on October 10th, 2011
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Was it safe for our school to give vials of mercury to the students so they could feel the texture, and experiment with Mercury?
by MrSkinny on July 5th, 2010
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Not to mention that Mercury does not really appear to be all that different from the Moon.
by Glenn Blaylock on January 30th, 2006
Actually Mercury is quite interesting, that's why NASA launched
MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and
Ranging) in 2004. among its jobs is verification of observations from
the 90s of possible water ice at the poles.
by Anonymous on January 21st, 2007