Re: Fish in Space

From: Andrew Lias (anrwlias@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 08 2001 - 16:05:58 MST


>Ross A. Finlayson wrote:
[...]
>Also, on Mercury, as it doesn't spin as it revolves around the Sun but
>points
>towards it, half of Mercury is always pointed towards the Sun and the other
>half
>dark, like Earth's Moon.
[...]

Er, that's not right. Mercury does have a rotation, albeit a slow one.

See http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/users/iotm/IOTMS/9611/spin.html

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