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The planet Mercury spins slowly west to east, once every 58.64 Earth days.

*Because it is also going around the Sun every 88 Earth days, an observer on Mercury's surface would experience a sunrise or sunset only once every 176 Earth days. The slow, coordinated turning keeps any point on the planet exposed to the Sun for two entire orbits before finally facing away for two orbits!

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