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The MAGMA project investigates how giant impacts have influenced Mercury's formation and evolution. By simulating impact scenarios and analyzing chemical outcomes, it aims to enhance understanding of planetary development and the unique characteristics of Mercury.
High-energy collisions shaped planetary growth, internal structures, and surfaces.
Evidence includes the cratered Moon, Mars, and Mercury; the likely impact origin of Earth’s and Mars’ moons; and metal meteorites from destroyed differentiated bodies.
Mercury’s unusually large core may also reflect mantle stripping during a giant impact.
Interest in Mercury has strongly increased in recent years, notably with the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.
Yet the giant impact hypothesis has never been tested…
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
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