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In this video I will explain the composition of Mercury's “atmosphere”. Since the “atmosphere” of Mercury is so thin (it can all fit into a gymnasium), therefore Mercury's “atmosphere is sometimes called “a surface bounded exosphere”. The total mass of Mercury's atmosphere is less than 10,000kg.

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