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Direct hits by large asteroids eliminated oceans on Mercury.

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Learn more about Mercury

	photographs of the planet Venus taken in 1927
	the purple haze within a few arcseconds of the central star of the Homunculus
	the faintness of carbon stars
	the stellar abundance of aluminum
	adaptive optics
	the helium beta line

	predicting the end of the Earth
	determining the accuracy of local computers
	meteorite impacts
	demonstrating that Mercury was once a comet
	predicting when currently dormant volcanoes will erupt
	fireballs

	meteor astronomy
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	submillimeter astronomy
	radio astronomy
	radar astronomy
	microwave astronomy
	superluminal astronomy

	predict the end of the Earth
	determine the accuracy of local computers
	accurately predict the equinoxes
	demonstrate that Mercury was once a comet
	predict when currently dormant volcanoes will erupt
	demonstrate that the local pyramids were built by aliens

	a god of peace
	has been occulted by the Sun
	often appears reddish
	currently dormant volcanoes only on the Sun-facing side
	a breathable atmosphere

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	being in orbit around the Sun in 10,000 b2k
	imaged by the MESSENGER probe
	a gas dwarf when viewed in the ultraviolet
	only slightly smaller than Mars
	may have been called Nabu in human memory
	having little or no surface water