Why are features like the Moon\'s maria not observed on Mercury? O a. Mercury is

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Why are features like the Moon's maria not observed on Mercury? O a. Mercury is not a differentiated planet because of its closeness to the Sun, so its lava did not flow into the crater's basins. b. Mercury's maria were reshaped a long time ago by surface evolution because of the strong solar wind. O c. Mercury consists of primarily high-melting metal oxides, which did not become liquid lava and could not form lava plains O d. Mercury's lava plains are not significantly darker than the rest of the planet's crust, so they are not so clearly perceptible.

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The surface of mercury is also similar to the moon surface . it does have maria but not significantly as mercury did not had a large impact era which did not cause heavy volcanic activity resulting less lava flowing through basins than compared to moon lars impact era. This made the mercury's lave plains not so darker than the rest of the planets crust so they are clearly perceptable. option(d)

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