Mercury Rotates Once in 59 Days with Respect to the Distant

question 122

Multiple Choice

Mercury rotates once in 59 days with respect to the distant stars and has a sidereal period of 88 days. If a star is seen to be overhead to an observer on Mercury at midnight on a particular day, how many times will Mercury orbit the Sun before this star is again above the observer's head in a nighttime sky?

• A) 3 times
• B) twice
• C) It will never again reach this specific position.
• D) once

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