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MESSENGER Finds New Evidence for Water Ice at Mercury's Poles

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  • 30-11-2012 1:29pm
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    Bohrio
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    That's pretty amazing imo...
    Now the newest data from MESSENGER strongly indicate that water ice is the major constituent of Mercury's north polar deposits, that ice is exposed at the surface in the coldest of those deposits, but that the ice is buried beneath an unusually dark material across most of the deposits, areas where temperatures are a bit too warm for ice to be stable at the surface itself.
    "But the new observations have also raised new questions," adds Solomon. "Do the dark materials in the polar deposits consist mostly of organic compounds? What kind of chemical reactions has that material experienced? Are there any regions on or within Mercury that might have both liquid water and organic compounds? Only with the continued exploration of Mercury can we hope to make progress on these new questions."

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    maninasia
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    Bohrio wrote: »
    That's pretty amazing imo...





    Full story here

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    Any large bodies of liquid water found? :)


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    Bohrio
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    maninasia wrote: »
    Any large bodies of liquid water found? :)

    You are just jelaous because you miss this one ;) :rolleyes:


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