If One Was Watching the Sunrise on Mercury When Mercury

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Multiple Choice

If one was watching the sunrise on Mercury when Mercury was near perihelion, what would they see?

• A) The Sun would rise slowly, gradually speed up over a period of a few days, then slow down again.
• B) The Sun would rise, cross the sky, and set again, all in a few days, then spend the rest of Mercury's "year" below the horizon.
• C) The Sun would rise, stop, turn back toward the east, stop, and then continue westward.
• D) The Sun would rise, slowly come to a standstill, then start rising again.

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