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Hokkaido team raises Mercury's measured contraction to 11.6 km after correcting for rough terrain
Shortening structures turn up more often on smooth ground than on rough. Correcting for that detection bias raises Mercury's radial contraction from 8.3 to 11.6 kilometres, and the authors say even that is probably low.
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