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Moon and Mercury confusion

"The Earth's Moon" movie (frame from 06'01")
Starry Night Pro 5.0 DVD, starrynight.com


Santa Maria Rupes (detail)
NASA, JPL, Mariner 10, © Calvin J. Hamilton (LANL)
Astronomy Picture of the Day, "Mercury's Faults," January 21, 1996

Astronomy 10 learning goals Q5.1, Q5.2

Apparently the editors at Starry Night Software goofed, as they have a rupes (a lobate scarp, or compression fault line) from Mercury's surface prominently shown in their Moon video. Have students to watch out for the Mercury feature in this movie!

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