Across
- 7. the element that makes up mercury's unusually large core.
- 8. The joint ESA and JAXA mission that arrived in 2025.
- 9. Steep cliffs formed as the planet cooled and contracted.
- 10. the NASA mission that mapped 100% of the surface
Down
- 1. The term for mercury's extremely thin, vacuum-like atmosphere.
- 2. One of the first astronomers to observe mercury via telescope.
- 3. The mythology Mercury is named after (Mesenger God)
- 4. A massive impact basin measuring 1550 km in diameter.
- 5. The type of rocks that primarily compose Mercury's crust.
- 6. The number of Earth days it takes Mercury to orbit the Sun.