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hoseja
on Aug 10, 2021
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Why does it take so long to get to Mercury?
That sounds like you're assuming you're standing still beforehand. Sure, the effect afterwards might look like you're going around the sun faster/slower than Earth but you started deep in Earth's gravitational well.
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