The fraction of Mercury’s surface that is covered by Caloris Basin and the fraction of Moon’s surface that is covered by The South-Pole Aitken Basin.
Answer to Problem 1SOP
The fraction of Mercury’s surface that is covered by Caloris Basin is
Explanation of Solution
Write the expression for the area of the basin.
Here,
Write the expression for the area of the heavenly body.
Here,
Write the expression for the fraction of the area of the heavenly body covered by the basin.
Refer to Celestial profile of Mercury to obtain the value of the diameter of Mercury as
Refer to Celestial profile of Moon to obtain the value of the diameter of Moon as
Calculation:
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Therefore, the fraction of Mercury’s surface that is covered by Caloris Basin is
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