Mercury's Wandering Sun

Mercury's Wandering Sun

There are locations on planet Mercury where certain times during the day the sun will appear to pause, reverse direction, then continue forward again as it moves across the sky. This happens as the planet's angular orbital velocity and angular rotational velocity flip as it crosses perihelion.

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