[Rockhounds] Mercury's Thin, Dense Crust

[Paul]

Mercury's thin, dense crust. Mercury's crust is thinner than
anyone thought, new mathematical calculations reveal
University of Arizona, Science Daily, April 27, 2018
https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/new-estimates-mercurys-thin-dense-crust
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180427100306.htm

The abstract of the paper is at:

Sori, M.M., 2018. A thin, dense crust for Mercury.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 489, pp.92-99.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X18300955

Conclusions:

1. Topography on Mercury is not primarily compensated by Pratt isostasy.

2. Mercury's average crustal thickness is 26 ± 11 km, thinner than all 
previous estimates.

Yours,

Paul H.