Lecture 33: Battered Mercury
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Mercury, innermost of the planets, is a hot, dead world that has been
heavily battered by impacts. In this lecture I review the properties of
Mercury, its orbit, rotation, surface, and interior structure. Recorded
2007 Nov 7 in 1000 McPherson Lab on the Columbus campus of The Ohio
State University.
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