Same here. I was so going to ackchyually that guy, but I did a quick check before and turns out there is a day/night cycle.
Apparently one Mercury day takes exactly two Mercury years due to some fuckery involving “3:2 spin-orbit resonance” which is something I’m too drunk to comprehend right now.
Gonna be an interesting wikipedia binge at work tomorrow tho
Same here. I was so going to ackchyually that guy, but I did a quick check before and turns out there is a day/night cycle.
Apparently one Mercury day takes exactly two Mercury years due to some fuckery involving “3:2 spin-orbit resonance” which is something I’m too drunk to comprehend right now.
Gonna be an interesting wikipedia binge at work tomorrow tho