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Water ice is thought to be frozen in Mercury's eternal shadow craters like the Moon. Smooth areas detected by Earth-based radar are an early evidence. Messenger found that the shadow craters are sufficiently deep to trap water ice there.
Mercury/Water Web Pages[]
Mercury/Water In the News[]
Sulfur and Potassium Found on Surface (Jun 2011)[]
- See Mercury/Eternal Shadow Craters, Mercury/Water
- http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/jun/HQ_11-186_MESSENGER_Update.html - Confirms theories, sees surprises