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Thanks to Fred_Nerks and SunkenCiv for the heads up...

Mosaic of photos of Mercury

1 posted on 01/25/2006 10:26:48 PM PST by Swordmaker

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Thanks SM for posting it! I guess I didn't go to be after all (wound up working until 1 AM). Off I go now...

2 posted on 01/25/2006 10:47:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)

Spitzer Sees the Aftermath of a Planetary Collision
Universe Today | Jan. 10, 2005 | Dolores Beasley and Gay Yee Hill
Posted on 01/13/2005 8:50:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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Red Planet's Ancient Equator Located
Scientific American (online) | April 20, 2005 | Sarah Graham
Posted on 04/24/2005 8:18:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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When the Days Were Shorter
Alaska Science Forum (Article #742) | November 11, 1985 | Larry Gedney
Posted on 10/04/2004 10:31:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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3 posted on 01/25/2006 10:58:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)

4 posted on 01/27/2006 10:22:45 AM PST by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)



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5 posted on 05/06/2007 9:10:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated May 6, 2007.)

Mercury's formation impact splattered Earth with material
Royal Astronomical Society
April 05, 2006
New computer simulations of Mercuryâ€™s formation show the fate of material blasted out into space when a large proto-planet collided with a giant asteroid 4.5 billion years ago. The simulations, which track the material over several million years, shed light on why Mercury is denser than expected and show that some of the ejected material would have found its way to the Earth and Venus... "Mercury is an unusually dense planet, which suggests that it contains far more metal than would be expected for a planet of its size. We think that Mercury was created from a larger parent body that was involved in a catastrophic collision, but until these simulations we were not sure why so little of the planetâ€™s outer layers were reaccreted following the impact,â€ said Dr Jonti Horner, who is presenting results at the Royal Astronomical Societyâ€™s National Astronomy Meeting on 5th April.

6 posted on 05/06/2007 9:13:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated May 6, 2007.)

Mercury’s spin reveals molten, not solid core
Reuters | Thursday, May 3, 2007 | Julie Steenhuysen
Posted on 05/03/2007 10:51:50 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
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7 posted on 05/06/2007 9:20:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated May 6, 2007.)

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