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re: Name a fact/theory/etc. people act like isn't common knowledge
Posted on 11/7/16 at 2:32 pm to BiggerBear
Posted on 11/7/16 at 2:32 pm to BiggerBear
Hmmm. The astronomy text book I had in college called it geosynchronous, although now I see that's wrong, at least in common usage. If you break down the meanings of the roots it still makes sense. I can't find another single word to describe it.
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Posted on 11/7/16 at 2:36 pm to Peazey
Lunar is made of cheese
Posted on 11/7/16 at 2:39 pm to Peazey
It's called "synchronous rotation". If it didn't rotate at all there would be a dark side of the moon, but as it is, there is a far side of the moon, with respect to Earth.
Posted on 11/7/16 at 10:10 pm to Peazey
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The astronomy text book I had in college called it geosynchronous
Found it. It is called "synchronous rotation." It is not a description of the orbit, but instead a description of the speed of rotation of the moon in relation to its orbit.
Posted on 11/7/16 at 10:55 pm to Peazey
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Hmmm. The astronomy text book I had in college called it geosynchronous, although now I see that's wrong, at least in common usage. If you break down the meanings of the roots it still makes sense. I can't find another single word to describe it.
Earth's moon is "tidally locked" with the Earth.
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