Moon and Mercury
Learning Objectives
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Specify the general characteristics of the Moon and Mercury, and compare them with those of Earth. |
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Describe the surface features of the Moon and Mercury, and recount how those two bodies were formed by dynamic events early in their history. |
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Explain how the Moon’s rotation is influenced by its orbit around Earth and Mercury’s by its orbit around the Sun. |
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Explain how observations of cratering can be used to estimate the age of a body’s surface. |
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Compare the Moon’s interior structure with that of Mercury. |
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Summarize the various theories of the formation of the Moon, and indicate which is currently considered most likely. |
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Discuss how astronomers have pieced together the story of the Moon’s evolution, and compare its evolutionary history with that of Mercury. |
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