Mercury's Hot Planet Melting
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The Crater on Mercury That Defied Conventional Models
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Mercury is a very hot planet with daytime temperatures reaching an incredible 430C.
The Mercury we know today has actually cooled considerably over the years .
When Mercury was a lava planet, its solid structure breaks down and it turns into the viscous liquid known as magma.
The clues can be found in craters like Raditladi , where the surface is now smooth.
Scientists have begun to recognise this telltale orange colour as a sure sign of volcanic activity on Mercury .
From it a more detailed picture has begun to emerge of conditions on early Mercury that make it even less hospitable.
Areas like this one to the North East of Rachmaninoff are likely formed by volcanic activity.
Volcanic ash that must have fired out of vents and covered terrain around it.
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