Surface feature · Mercury

Caloris Planitia

One of the largest impact basins in the Solar System, on Mercury, so violent that its antipode is marked by chaotic 'weird terrain' shaken up by the focused seismic waves.

Impact Basin On Mercury

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›Its antipode holds Mercury's chaotic 'weird terrain'

MESSENGER

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Member of groupImpact Basin
Located onMercury
Associated withMESSENGER

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Caloris Planitia

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Caloris Planitia

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