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    Mercury Surface

    Water Ice

    Radar observations from the Earth in 1992 suggested that water ice, or sulphur, may be present in permanently shadowed craters near the poles. Ice could have been deposited by meteorites, or have diffused from the planet's crust. The neutron spectrometer on BepiColombo will be able to search for such deposits.

    Geological evolution

    Last Update: 16 Feb 2007

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