The orbit of Mercury precesses because
A) Mercury moves in the gravitational field of the other planets.
B) Mercury travels faster than any other planet.
C) Mercury is closest to the sun.
D) the sun's gravitational field varies along Mercury's orbit.
E) none of these
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