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Mercury Aims
- To present how the Sun and planets formed from a flattened, spinning disc.
- To explain why Mercury is only seen low in the sky at dusk and dawn.
- To illustrate Mercury's different terrains and its various surface features, and to demonstrate the importance of cosmic impacts in shaping its surface.
- To explain why Mercury's day (176 Earth days) is twice the length of its year (88 Earth days).
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