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Mercury Spin-Orbit Resonance

Italy · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1965

Giuseppe Colombo1965

Science / Astronomy

Colombo explains Mercury's rotation as a three-to-two spin-orbit resonance, with three rotations during every two solar orbits.

Names involved

Giuseppe Colombo

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