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  • 05-03-2021
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Explain why the same side of the moon is always facing Earth.

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louisama41 louisama41
  • 05-03-2021

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The moon keeps the same face pointing towards the Earth because its rate of spin is tidally locked so that it is synchronized with its rate of revolution (the time needed to complete one orbit). In other words, the moon rotates exactly once every time it circles the Earth.

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