AST 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: The Moons, Lithosphere, Inferior And Superior Planets
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Ast 111: lecture 13- the moon and mercury/venus/mars. There is no global magnetic field on the moon. There used to be, as evident by the residual magnetism in the rocks. Covered in regolith, aka biologically dead moon dust. All lunar rocks are igneous (formed by the solidification of molten material) Some of these rocks are known as anorthosites, and they can be older than 4 billion years, the younger rocks are much like the volcanic rocks on earth, and are found in the marae. Mercury/venus/mars can all be seen with the naked eye.
