Which of the following is not true of Mercury?

A) Even on Mercury's night side, the temperature is hot enough to melt lead.
B) Mercury rotates exactly three times for every two orbits it makes around the Sun.
C) Its surface is heavily cratered.
D) Mercury has essentially no atmosphere.


A) Even on Mercury's night side, the temperature is hot enough to melt lead.

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