Lampposthead2526 t1_j8v8ued wrote on February 17, 2023 at 4:39 AM

Reply to comment by EarthSolar in If someone were to hypothetically put a sun next to ours as a binary system, would this increase the length of the habitable zone radius of the system? by Country_Royal

I don’t have much to say but I like your comment. I didn’t know Mercury has, maybe in some part, a liquid core. Been writing some stuff about Mercury as usual. I found it fascinating in a sense for storytelling wise, a leftover planet. Anyways writing is a whole other tangent lol. Mercury mining while being landlocked by Venus due to technology not advanced enough to drive past planets. I need more world building lol.

EarthSolar t1_j8vxjz2 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 9:34 AM

It's a little funny to hear Mercury mining now that I know it's weirdly iron-poor on the surface. Despite having the highest core fraction, its surface is really lacking in that stuff. I wonder what resources can be found on the Mercurian surface - I recall carbon is one, but not sure about other stuff aside from the usual silicates.