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How does Mercury's close proximity to the sun and thin atmosphere affect its ability to maintain liquid water on its surface?
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How does Mercury's close proximity to the sun and thin atmosphere affect its ability to maintain liquid water

on its surface?

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A thin atmosphere does not supply much oxygen, and the heat from the sun would evaporate it, because mercury is close to the sun.

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