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All four inner planets have craters. Mercury is the most heavily cratered.
Mercury is the most cratered planet in the solar system.
No, they're the least cratered. That's why they look smooth.
It is. But unlike the Moon or Mercury, Earth has an atmosphere, which erodes, and a dynamic crust, (plate tectonics), which renews and alters its surface wiping out most signs of craters.
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Cratered.
The planet Mercury has the most similar cratered surface compared to the moon.
Mercury is very cratered, like the Moon.
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Mercury is the most heavily cratered of the inner planets.
Venus has few craters, because it is relatively young. Most of the surface is smooth volcanic plains.
All four inner planets have craters. Mercury is the most heavily cratered.
Mercury is the most cratered planet in the solar system.
Mercury has no atmosphere, and its surface is heavily cratered much like Earth's moon. It is estimated that the planet has been geologically dormant for a few billion years.
No, they're the least cratered. That's why they look smooth.
It is. But unlike the Moon or Mercury, Earth has an atmosphere, which erodes, and a dynamic crust, (plate tectonics), which renews and alters its surface wiping out most signs of craters.