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re: The dark side of the moon (not Pink Floyd related)
Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:39 am to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:39 am to DavidTheGnome
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Tidally locked in synchronous rotation,
What does this mean?
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Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:42 am to OysterPoBoy
The moon rotates in sync with the earth so that the near side is always facing earth while it orbits us and we rotate as well.
All while rotating our star.
Pretty damn cool actually.
All while rotating our star.
Pretty damn cool actually.
Posted on 12/30/16 at 12:03 pm to OysterPoBoy
quote:
What does this mean?
Tidal locking: LINK
A tidally locked body in synchronous rotation takes just as long to rotate around its own axis as it does to revolve around its partner.
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