Multiple Choice
Mercury's Caloris Basin is aptly named, since:
A) it is the region on Mercury looking much like our own "painted desert."
B) it is the only such large basin on Mercury.
C) it is the hottest region, turning to face the Sun when Mercury is at perihelion.
D) it is always pointed directly at the Sun.
E) it is the largest impact basin found in the solar system.
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