What is the effect of resonance on Mercury's rotation?
A) Mercury shows the same face to the Sun when Mercury is closest to it.
B) Mercury spins three times on its axis for every two orbits.
C) Mercury's spin has slowed down.
D) All of these choices are correct.
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