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If You Were Standing on Pluto, How Often Would You

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If you were standing on Pluto, how often would you see the satellite Charon rise above your horizon each day?


A) You would see Charon rise once every 2 days because Charon orbits in the same direction as Pluto's rotation but more slowly.
B) You would see Charon rise twice in each 6-hour day because Charon is in a retrograde orbit.
C) You would see Charon rise once in each 6-hour day as Pluto rotates on its axis.
D) Never; Charon is a synchronous satellite like the communication satellites that are in orbit around Earth.

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