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Why does the moon rotate like a clock-face above the earth?
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:05 pm
Apparently you can track the rotation by taking photos every cycle and the moon can also be used as a compass for true north.
Also, if it's on a spinning axis like the earth, why don't we ever see the back/dark side of moon??
Also, if it's on a spinning axis like the earth, why don't we ever see the back/dark side of moon??
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:07 pm to Jack Ruby
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Also, if it's on a spinning axis like the earth, why don't we ever see the back/dark side of moon??
I'm no expert, but I would imagine the axis is perpendicular to the Earth
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:07 pm to Jack Ruby
It rotates at the same rate as its orbital motion.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:09 pm to Jack Ruby
Science
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:10 pm to DukeSilver
Why does the earth rotate one way and the moon rotate perpendicular? Wouldn't that, by physics, be impossible since orbital force would force both objects to rotate in the same motion?
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:10 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
why don't we ever see the back/dark side of moon??
easy one first - it is tidally locked with the earth. meaning it rotates one time for every rotation it makes about the earth (- in inertial system, not earth bases system.)
Which means that it is slightly out of balance wrt its center of gravity - there is a 'high' side and a 'low' side to the moon - the high side always points toward the center of the earth.
not sure what you mean by
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Why does the moon rotate like a clock-face
orbital mechanics are complex.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:11 pm to Jack Ruby
the moon is tidally locked (because physics), so the same side always faces us. same story with mercury and the sun or other bodies in similar orbital arrangements.
i think our axial tilt causes the craters appear to rotate, but i'm not sure about that.
i think our axial tilt causes the craters appear to rotate, but i'm not sure about that.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:11 pm to Jack Ruby
Google "tidal locking"
ETA too late
ETA too late
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:12 pm to Jack Ruby
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rotate like a clock-face
What clock face rotates?
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:13 pm to Jack Ruby
If the moon was made of barbecue spare ribs, would you eat it?
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:18 pm to Jack Ruby
Those different pictures are glitches in the matrix.
Where is TPA when we need him?
Where is TPA when we need him?
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:19 pm to Jack Ruby
The moon isn't real.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:20 pm to roguetiger15
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:20 pm to Jack Ruby
We can actually see about 59% of the moon’s surface due to a phenomena called “libration” which is caused by various orbital and tidal mechanics.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:22 pm to Upshift Downshift
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:22 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:Because the moon orbits the Earth on a parabolic circumference as first described by Nicolaus Copernicus in 1500 in his Tabulae directionum after he observed a lunar eclipse while studying in Rome on November 6, 1500.
Why does the moon rotate like a clock-face above the earth?
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:24 pm to Upshift Downshift
That's a sweet GIF.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:29 pm to Jack Ruby
And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear.
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.
You shout and no one seems to hear.
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:29 pm to Jack Ruby
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:35 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
why don't we ever see the back/dark side of moon??
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 4:38 pm
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