Almost All We Know About Mercury Has Come From

question 82

Multiple Choice

Almost all we know about Mercury has come from:

• A)telescopic observations from Earth near greatest elongations.
• B)radar imaging of its rugged surface.
• C)the Mariner 10 and Messenger missions.
• D)observations of impacts on Mercury's surface.
• E)the Hubble Space Telescope's high resolution images.

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