There Are Traces of Oxygen in Mercury's Atmosphere

question 244

Multiple Choice

There are traces of oxygen in Mercury's atmosphere. The source of this is believed to be

• A) the sublimation of polar ice.
• B) the remnants of the primordial solar nebula.
• C) outgassing from within the planet.
• D) a continual rain of ice-coated cometary fragments into the atmosphere of Mercury.

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