Mercury: The Surface Geology Of The Planet

Mercury:The surface geology of the planet Mercury can be very easily described as - Rocky. Because of this it bears as strong resemblance to the earths moon. This is due the the heavily cratered surface which has been caused by asteroids which has caused these giant craters in the planets surface, leaving pulverized dust and boulders behind. The reason all of the asteroids were able to hit the surface of this planet is because its magnetic field is not strong enough to deflect or slow them down so it got hit by their full force. We are able to tell due to images from muggle probe in 2008 that there are no visible signs of any clouds or rivers or dust storms. But from these picture we can see the damage that has been done to the surface, you can see the magnitude of the craters scattered all over Mercury. …show more content…
This composition means that Venus' atmospheric pressure is more than 90 times heavier than Earth's. Closest to the surface of Venus is a thick layer of carbon dioxide. However, over this layer there are layers of clouds of sulfuric acid which reflect over 90% of the sunlight that hits Venus, meaning that most people trying to look at this planet will find that their view is obscured by these gas clouds. Despite being very far away from the sun, due to all the atmospheric preasure and the components of the atmosphere the planet Venus is the hottest planet in our entire solar system!. Its thought that Venus had a climate like to Earth’s, but some greenhouses gas effects permanently changed its