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    Extreme Effects: Seven Things You Didn't Know About Mercury
    Source: Space Daily
    Friday 3rd September, 2010  


    As the solar wind encounters Mercury, it slows down, piles up and flows around the planet (gray ball).

    This figure shows the density of protons from the solar wind, as calculated by modeling of the pl... ...

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