What Causes Mercury's 3:2 Spin-Orbit Resonance

question 31

Multiple Choice

What causes Mercury's 3:2 spin-orbit resonance?

• A)the planet's closeness to the Sun
• B)the planet's very eccentric orbit
• C)the planet's high density
• D)tidal torques operating on the planet
• E)All of the above are factors.

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