Assertion: mercury | /r/CapableOf | complete three rotations
Facets:
value: on its axis
type: OTHER
value: for every two rotations
type: OTHER
value: about its axis
type: LOCATION
value: up until 1965
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: For every two orbits of the Sun, Mercury completes three rotations about its axis and up until 1965
text: Mercury spins slowly on its axis and completes one rotation every 59 Earth days.
text: New data suggest that Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, completes a rotation on its axis 9 seconds more quickly than previously thought.
text: The 1965 observations showed that Mercury completes one of its rotations in 58.65 Earth days.
text: This means that Mercury has a spin-orbit resonance of 3:2, which means that it completes three rotations on its axis for every two rotations around the Sun.
text: This means that Mercury has a spin-orbit resonance of 3:2, which means that it completes three rotations on its axis for every two orbits around the Sun.
text: In what would amount to two years on Mercury--a span of about 176 Earth days--the planet will have completed three rotations on its axis.
text: This means that Mercury has a spin-orbit resonance of 3:2, where it completes three rotations on its axis for every two rotations completed around the Sun.
text: Mercury spins slowly on its axis and completes one rotation every 59 Earth days.