Both in-plane orientations minimize the one-site energy. Since every adsorption site is occupied, the sites label independent choices even though the molecules are chemically identical. The ground state of the whole system therefore has
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The ground-state degeneracy is extensive: independently choosing either in-plane orientation at each site costs no energy. There is no extra vacancy or free-translational contribution in this model.

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