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Gaku Nishiyama

Planetary scientist at the German Aerospace Center's Institute of Space Research who works on Mercury's surface and interior and is a member of the BepiColombo science team.

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Roughness maps push Mercury's total contraction up by 10 to 30 percent

Mercury's lumpiest terrain carries the fewest shrinkage wrinkles, which the authors read as impact debris burying the record. Correct for that and total contraction rises to as much as 23 km, with the thermal models still to be redone.

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