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Mercury, The Incredible Shrinking Planet

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Mercury, The Incredible Shrinking Planet
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Mercury, The Incredible Shrinking Planet
March 19, 2014 at 7:12 am
"Inside every Liberal there's a Totalitarian screaming to get out"

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RE: Mercury, The Incredible Shrinking Planet
March 19, 2014 at 7:22 am (This post was last modified: March 19, 2014 at 7:22 am by Alex K.)
Did not know that!
Better go there before it's gone...
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RE: Mercury, The Incredible Shrinking Planet
March 19, 2014 at 7:23 am (This post was last modified: March 19, 2014 at 7:24 am by Darth.)
Whereas Uranus is constantly expanding, no matter how much gas it seems to give off.

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RE: Mercury, The Incredible Shrinking Planet
March 19, 2014 at 1:00 pm
(March 19, 2014 at 7:22 am)Alex K Wrote: Did not know that!
Better go there before it's gone...

Dress light and don't forget your sun screen...it can get pretty warm on the sunny side.
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RE: Mercury, The Incredible Shrinking Planet
March 19, 2014 at 1:25 pm
So it's basically melting?
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RE: Mercury, The Incredible Shrinking Planet
March 19, 2014 at 5:08 pm
(March 19, 2014 at 1:25 pm)Chad32 Wrote: So it's basically melting?

No, it's shrinking as it cools.
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RE: Mercury, The Incredible Shrinking Planet
March 19, 2014 at 5:35 pm
(March 19, 2014 at 5:08 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(March 19, 2014 at 1:25 pm)Chad32 Wrote: So it's basically melting?

No, it's shrinking as it cools.

Oh, ok. I was too lazy to read the article, and figured the sun was melting it down.
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