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MERCUR Y
COMPOSITION OF ATMOSPHERE
Principal constituents EXTERNAL FEATURES AND INTERNAL
helium and hydrogen STRUCTURE OF MERCURY
Minor constituents
sodium and oxygen
Traces of neon, argon,
and potassium Monteverdi
Thin crust Rubens
Vyãsa
CRATERS AND PLAINS NEAR
MERCURY’S NORTH POLE Mantle 375 miles B OR E AL I S Unmapped region
(600 km) thick P LAN ITIA
Praxiteles
Borealis Planitia
(smooth plain with a
few young craters)
Kuan
Han-
ch’ing
Terrain with
many old craters
Chong
Heine Ch’ol
Strindberg
Maximum sunlit surface
temperature 800°F (430°C)
Van Eyck
Polygnotus
Vivaldi
CALORIS BASIN Iron core 2,250 miles
PLANITLA
Caloris Montes SOBKOU (3,600 km) in
diameter, with 80%
Balzac of Mercury’s mass
Phidias
BUDH
Tyagaraja PLANITIA
Mantle of
Philoxenus
silicate rock
Zeami
Goya Crust of
silicate rock
Sophocles
Tolstoj Renoir
Vãlmiki
Minimum dark-side
Milton surface temperature
-270°F (-170°C)
Liang K’ai
Chekhov
Beethoven Schubert
Bello Bramante
Discovery Rupes
Shelley
Coleridge
Hawthorne Fram Rupes
Michelangelo Wagner Bach
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