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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2021🎓 HS🔄 Round 7#️⃣ Question 13🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

Scientists at MIT used the Wallace Observatory to observe the transit of Mercury. Mercury has the unique property that it is in a spin-orbit resonance with the sun. Which of the following equals the ratio of Mercury's rotational period to its period of revolution?

W) 1 to 2
X) 2 to 3
Y) 3 to 4
Z) 3 to 5
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