Multiple Choice
Mercury's orbit has a semimajor axis of 0.387 au. How large would the Sun appear to be in the sky (in angular diameter) as seen by someone on Mercury, compared with its angular diameter from Earth?
A) same size because it is the same Sun
B) about 1.5 times larger
C) about 6.25 times larger
D) about 2.5 times larger
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