Lecture 16 – Terrestrial Planets, Part 2/4
Summary / Checklist of the Main Concepts to Understand and Remember

Venus  
red bullet How far is Venus from the Sun on average, in AU?  
• Can Venus transit the Sun?  
• At what times of the day can you see Mercury in the sky?  
red bullet How wide is Venus, compared to Earth?  
• Does Venus have moons?  
• What is unusual about Venus' rotation, and how did we find out?  
• How do we think it happened that Venus' rotation became retrograde?  
red bullet What does Venus' surface look like?  
red bullet Have spacecraft from Earth orbited or landed on Venus?  
• What are the atmosphere and temperature on Venus like?  
red bullet Why has Venus become so hot, and why did its atmosphere become so thick?  
     
     
     
     
     

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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