Where Did Mercury’s Spots Come From?

Pre-order your MESSENGER pin all this month here: https://dftba.com/scishow The Sun isn’t the only celestial body in the solar system to boast spots of its own. Mercury, too, has its fair share, and they’re worth wondering about. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him) ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow, David Brooks, and AndyGneiss! Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2006JE002713 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2012JE004174 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018JE005722 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jgre.20115 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/GL004i010p00383 https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-03181555/document https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103513004909 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103521000051 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0019103587900376 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063320303494 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X22002837 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2016GL068325 https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2012/pdf/1329.pdf [PDF] https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.656.6420&rep=rep1&type=pdf [PDF] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-020-00694-7 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.10886.pdf Image Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsJpUCWfyPE https://messenger.jhuapl.edu/Explore/Science-Images-Database/gallery-image-911.html https://messenger.jhuapl.edu/Explore/Science-Images-Database/gallery-image-1568.html https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mariner-10/in-depth/ https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02446 https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/mariner-10-image-of-mercury https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02962 https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/messenger/in-depth/ https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19267 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19425 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19216 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19212 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MESSENGER_-_CN0162744010M_RA_3_web.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Balzac_crater_MESSENGER_WAC_IGF_to_RGB.jpg


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