If you were standing on Pluto,how often would you see the satellite Charon rise above the horizon each day?
A) once each 6-hour day as Pluto rotates on its axis
B) twice each 6-hour day because Charon is in a retrograde orbit
C) once every 2 days because Charon orbits in the same direction Pluto rotates but more slowly
D) never because -Charon is a synchronous satellite with an orbital period exactly equal to Pluto''s rotation period
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