Asked by mimiii
Although the moon revolves around earth, only one side of the moon is visible from earth. This is because
A the Moon does not rotate about its axis.
B the rate of revolution of the Moon and Earth is the same.
C the Moon rotates in the opposite direction to that of Earth.
D the Moon completes one full rotation for each revolution around Earth.
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The Moon is tidally locked to Earth — it completes one rotation on its axis in the same time it takes to orbit Earth, so the same hemisphere always faces us (small librations let us see about 59% over time).
The Moon is tidally locked to Earth — it completes one rotation on its axis in the same time it takes to orbit Earth, so the same hemisphere always faces us (small librations let us see about 59% over time).
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