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due its slow rotation around its own axis and its uneven orbital path around the sun, occasionally the sun will appear to reverse its path in Mercury s sky, and reverse again, causing Mercury to sometimes have a double sunrise.

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Fun Fact: due its slow rotation around its own axis and its uneven orbital path around the sun, occasionally the sun will appear to reverse its path in Mercury’s sky, and reverse again, causing Mercury to sometimes have a double sunrise.

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