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To: Rebelbase

In the Solar System, among major bodies, Mercury’s density is just behind Earth’s.

[snip] Mercury is composed of metals and silicate material. Mercury’s mean density is the second-highest in the Solar System, which is estimated to be 5.427 g/cm3 – only slightly less than Earth’s density of 5.515 g/cm3.However, if the effects of gravitational compression – in which the effects of gravity reduce the size of an object and increases its density – then Mercury is in fact more dense than Earth, with an uncompressed density of 5.3 g/cm3¯ compared to Earth’s 4.4 g/cm3¯. [/snip]

http://www.universetoday.com/36935/density-of-the-planets/


23 posted on 03/05/2016 5:02:50 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

A tough little runt!


24 posted on 03/05/2016 5:34:19 PM PST by Rebelbase (Best election ever. Sick of it already, but best election ever.)
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