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MESSENGER
Mercury may have harbored an ancient magma ocean
February 21, 2013
Massive lava flows may have given rise to two distinct rock types on Mercury’s surface.
Also labeled:
Mercury
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NASA
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Planetary science
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Space, astronomy and planetary science
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Geochemistry
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Planetary evolution
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X-ray spectrometry
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