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Early Mercury

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-mer99-90001

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 17 cm

Mercury was heavily bombarded by comets and asteroids during and shortly following its formation 4.6 billion years ago until 3.8 billion years ago. During this time Mercury was volcanically active; basins such as the Caloris Basin were filled by magma.

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ASTRONOMY - FORMATION - ILLUSTRATION - LAVA - MERCURY - PLANET - STAR - SUN - VOLCANO -