Mercury’s outer layers may have been stripped off by a young Venus

January 16, 2020
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New Scientist
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Mercury’s outer layers may have been stripped off by a young Venus

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Mercury may have been robbed by Venus in the early days of the solar system. A series of close passes between the two planets when they were young could have stripped away Mercury’s outer layers, leaving behind a world that is mostly dense core.

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229021-mercurys-outer-layers-may-have-been-stripped-off-by-a-young-venus/#ixzz6BC0WJLqA...

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