Lecture 15 – Terrestrial Planets, Part 1/4
Summary / Checklist of the Main Concepts to Understand and Remember

Mercury  
red bullet How far is Mercury from the Sun on average, compared to Earth?  
Can Mercury transit the Sun?  
At what times of the day can you see Mercury in the sky?  
red bullet How wide is Mercury, compared to Earth?  
Does Mercury have moons?  
red bullet What does the surface of Mercury look like?  
How do we know how massive Mercury is?  
red bullet Does Mercury have an atmosphere? (Why?)  
red bullet Have spacecraft from Earth orbited or landed on Mercury?  
Main features: Caloris Basin (what it is, origin); Scarps (what they are, likely origin).  
     
     
     
     
     
     

Topics from the lecture page and textbook not listed above [or between square brackets] were not covered in class;
Underlined words indicate that I will expect students to remember a number or a name related to that topic.

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