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File photo showing the planet Mercury is seen from Mariner 10's first image of Mercury acquired on March 24, 1974. REUTERS/Nasa-Jpl/File


1 posted on 01/10/2008 2:18:45 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/main/index.html

NASA Spacecraft to Make Historic Flyby of Mercury

On Monday, Jan. 14, a pioneering NASA spacecraft will be the first to visit Mercury in almost 33 years when it soars over the planet to explore and snap close-up images of never-before-seen terrain. These findings could open new theories and answer old questions in the study of the solar system.


2 posted on 01/10/2008 2:20:35 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge

I believe Mercury has the largest known impact crater. As I understand it the impact caused shockwaves to converge on the opposite side of the planet and caused some interesting jumbled terrain.


3 posted on 01/10/2008 2:23:22 PM PST by cripplecreek (Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Mercury has a huge iron core as if it was supposed to be a much larger planet.


4 posted on 01/10/2008 2:26:47 PM PST by RightWhale (Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
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To: NormsRevenge

Crematoria all back of the bus.


5 posted on 01/10/2008 2:27:07 PM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: KevinDavis

It’s one of them space topics.


11 posted on 01/10/2008 11:48:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________Profile updated Sunday, December 30, 2007)
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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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15 posted on 01/17/2008 11:04:39 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__________________Profile updated Wednesday, January 16, 2008)
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