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Mercury's False Planet
Mercury is extremely hot, has a large core, and is heavily cratered with strange scarps. Because Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, its temperature is quite high even though it is not high enough to melt common metals. Its mean density is quite high for its size, and that is due to its large, iron filled core. Along with being heavily cratered, Mercury also contains strange scarps from the pressure of the cooling and heating of Mercury, since there is no atmosphere to hold the heat or coolness of Mercury during night and day. I think the fact about Mercury being heavily cratered with strange scarps is the most important, since it is the distinct features of Mercury that give a slight history of how Mercury functions.
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