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What is MESSENGER?
MESSENGER was a NASA spacecraft that orbited Mercury from 2011 to 2015. It was the first probe to orbit the planet and provided an unprecedented amount of data, including detailed maps of its surface. This mission was crucial for the new findings, allowing scientists to identify and measure the planet's contraction features.
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