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Why does the moon show always the same side?

Asked by luigirovatti (2836points) April 29th, 2018
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tidal locking

stanleybmanly's avatar

exactly.

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Because it rotates on it’s axis (or 1 moon day) once every 28 days, the same time it takes for the moon to complete one orbit of Earth.

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