Multiple Choice
Both Mercury and Earth have global magnetic fields.Compared with Earth,which feature is Mercury known to lack that is thought necessary for generating such a field?
A) Mercury does not lack any such feature.
B) a large iron core
C) rapid planetary rotation
D) a partially molten iron core
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