A Chthonian planet is the remnant of a gas giant which gets to close to a star and has its atmosphere blasted away, leaving behind only the rock and metal core. Being as close to the sun as it is, plus the fact that Mercury has a very large and very dense metal core would seem to support the hypothesis that Mercury could be a Chthonian planet.Much of the now missing atmosphere that Mercury may have once had in the distant past might have been scooped up by Venus and might also explain why the atmosphere of that planet is so dense.
Cool theory bro!But what of it? Just trying to put some lable on Mercury?
>>16905437nta but frankly be more willing to have public resources funding a postdoc looking into this than woman professor #24134 using it for her meme project with AI, climate change, gender dimensions, or application to military and industry. Fuck usefulness.
