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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