11a. Sun-Scorched Mercury Earth-based observations of Mercury Mercury’s rotation & year Mariner 10’s images of Mercury Mercury’s interior.
Earthrise over Smythii impact basin with Schubert impact crater on horizon. Views like this during Apollo missions made it clear that Earth is part of.
Earth has an equatorial bulge and polar flattening, with equatorial radius (r eq ) ~21 km greater than the polar radius (r pole ). The radius (r) of an.
Why Study Oceanography? n Earth is the water planet n Oceans Modulate the Climate n Human Civilization in Littoral (waves govern the coastal processes.
Uranus and Neptune – gas giant twins Uranus 19.2 AU from Sun Diameter 4 x Earth Mass 14.5 x Earth Density 1.3 gm/cm 3 Neptune 30 AU from Sun Diameter 3.9.
AST 309 part 2: Extraterrestrial Life
What is Physical Geology all about?. Physical Geology examines the... Earth materials, Earth processes, Earth’s surface morphology, Earth’s internal structure,
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Mars Exploration Mariner 4 Viking July 15,1964 1976.
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1. What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
