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title: "Study: Proximity to Sun’s Magnetic Field Influenced Mercury’s Hefty Iron Core"
date: 2021-07-02T13:00:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/briefs/study-proximity-suns-magnetic-field-influenced-mercurys-hefty-iron-core-47249e08-225e-4389-b178-7d9a72caeabc"
section: Briefs
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