If you are on Mercury and the time is noon (Sun directly overhead) ,what time of day will it be one Mercurian year later (after Mercury has orbited the Sun once) ? (See Figure 6-44,Comins,Discovering the Essential Universe,6th ed.)
A) just after sunset
B) any time because Mercury rotates independently of its revolution
C) noon
D) midnight
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