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44 times the density of water. Mercury is, is the second densest planet after the Earth. however, rather misleading. The Earth is such regions are crushed to a higher density than thev allow for this squeezing in the larger worlds, material that So what is Earth, which of is denser, on iron. Geologists well, there is that comparison straight a large planet that its inner would normallv find that average, than the material Mercurv made of? Assuming we know we A it Mercurv of any other is have. If is we mad*, of planet.
At an early stage of Mercury's history a deluge of such asteroids sand-blasted Another like One at that time, its size, hit the 30 per cent which combined with Mercury's - layers apart, possibly, own core. Bizarre planet's rocky that a single impact larger than voung world immense explosion blew off most of the outer the other planet almost completely is at a it is today. high speed. The of Mercury and destroyed from its molten iron core, though such an MERCURY idea • mav 31 seem, many astronomers believe that it has a parallel of the in the early history Earth, where a similar impact was probablv responsible for 'splashing out rocks that later solidified to Astronomers and our now Moon - make our Moon.
As the two Soviet their first inside information craft called about Venus's Vega sped towards Hallev's Comet, thev dropped weather balloons into Venus's atmosphere. The balloons floated around the planet within the main cloud decks, some 54,000 metres above the surface. And tasting at thev experienced a bumpier ride than anyone expected. As well as first hand the winds whirling them around the planet at hundreds of kilometres per hour, the balloons were buffeted by strong gusts of VENUS • wind 51 blowing vertically.
