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This explanation of water on (in) Mercury does not seem reasonable or logical to me. In this age of so-called science the go to response to any assertion is to attack the author. I don't want to do that but I can see two sides to this and that. My undergrad degree is Physics and this hypothesis does not seem reasonable or logical. Firstly, recognizing that Mercury is the "smallest" planet does not negate the fact that is is very large, smaller than Earth but larger than the moon or any comet and so on. The average surface temperature may be on the warm side but the internal temperature is not a well known fact, possibly even unknown,. The consensus is that the planet is rocky but its composition and internal structure is unknown. If known it also is certainly not well-known. Several bits of information hint that the author of the hypothesis is of the secular persuasion. The figures regarding the loss of water to space, etc. point to a recent creation. The suggestion is obvious to me at least. The reader will need to do his or her own research but it seems there are many questions that need to be explored and the answers will be not be friendly or acceptable to the secular mind.

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