Elongations of Mercury Access the animation “Elongations of Mercury” in Chapter 7 of the Discovering the Universe Web site. (a) Note the dates of the greatest eastern and western elongations in the animation. Which time interval is greater: from a greatest eastern elongation to a greatest western elongation, or vice versa? (b) Based on what you observe in the animation, draw a diagram to explain your answer to the question in (a).
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