Multiple Choice
Mercury's tenuous atmosphere of sodium, magnesium, and potassium comes from:
A) atoms that have been kicked off the surface by the solar wind.
B) volcanic outgassing.
C) residual gases from Mercury's formation.
D) impacts of asteroids or comets.
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