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Mercury Is No Longer the Closest Astronomical Body to the Sun
- science4sail 5y agoWhat would be really interesting is if astronomers were to find a mini asteroid belt inside the orbit of Mercury. However, it's unlikely that any objects there would be stable due to the wonderfully-named YORP effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcanoid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcanoid