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Geology of Mercury

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The surface of Mercury is dominated by impact craters, and lava plains similar in some respects to the lunar maria.

Other notable features include scarps and mineral deposits (possibly ice) inside craters at the poles.

Currently, the surface is presumed to be geologically inactive.

At present only about 55% of the surface has been mapped in sufficient detail to say much about its geology (by the Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974-5 and the MESSENGER spacecraft in 2008).

Mercury's interior contains a very large metal core that accounts for about 42% of its volume.

Part of this core may still be liquid as evidenced by a weak but global magnetosphere.

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5510146680 / 9785510146684
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