Re: The Other Side of Moon
It rotates. Once per lunar month. 59% of the Moon is visible from
Earth. It's called libration.
Saul Levy
On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:41:16 -0500, "Greg Neill"
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>"saebock" <anothertimeanotherplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I would like to ask two questions;
>>
>> 1. Can't we see a small portion of the other side of the moon even
>> after hundreds, thousands years ? I.e. How perfect is that
>> match ?
>
>Google: Libration
>
>The Moon is tidally locked to the Earth, so essentially
>it is being held dynamically from rotating; it's not
>just a coincidence.
>
>>
>> 2. Is such phenomena unique in the solar system ? How about other moons
>> of other planets ? Or other planets with respect to the sun ?
>
>It's very common amongst the moons of the solar system.
>
>>
>> Any pointer or suggestions are quite welcome.
>>
>
>Google: tidally locked moons
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