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#1 1 April 2005 - 08:34 PM vertigonight 


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Help again please!
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#2 1 April 2005 - 09:07 PM Ophiolite 


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Google mercury "rotation period"
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#3 1 April 2005 - 09:38 PM ed84c 


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no, it rotates 2 times per orbit, so you will be 2 days old when you are 1!
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#4 1 April 2005 - 11:35 PM Ophiolite 


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No ed. That is incorrect. It rotates three times in two orbits. It is tidally locked to the sun in that resonance pattern.
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