How Does Mercury's Rotation Relate to the Sun

question 126

Multiple Choice

How does Mercury's rotation relate to the Sun?

• A) Its rotation rate is 2/3 as long as its year, due to tidal resonances.
• B) It always keeps one face tidally locked toward the Sun, as our Moon does with us.
• C) Its day is the same length as its year.
• D) Its year is much shorter, only 88 days, than its slow rotation of 243 days on its axis.
• E) It does not spin at all, being tidal stopped by the solar tides.

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