2006-07-02 00:01:25 · 9 answers · asked by KeenaUsas 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No otherwise we would never see anything but the same craters when it came around....unless we go to a different part of the globe to look.
2006-07-02 00:05:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the periods are the same. This is why we always see the same features of the moon, although the phases of the moon make the moon's appearance seem quite variable.
However, we can actually observe a total of about 60% from the earth. Due to a slight wobble in the moons orbit. The second link and third link mention the wobble that allows us to view a small portion of the far side of the moon.
2006-07-02 00:25:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Precisely. That is why we see the same face of the moon all the time. Until recently scientists thought that the planet Mercury always had the same face pointing toward the sun in the same way that the moon always points the same face toward the Earth. When scientists used radar to view Mercury the had a big surprise awaiting them. They found that Mercury rotates 3 times for every 2 orbits. It so happened that when Mercury was in a position to be observed from Earth visually, it always had the same face pointing at Earth.
2006-07-02 00:16:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The period of one complete revolution of the moon around the earth relative to any fixed star is called sidereal month and is equal to 27.32 days.
The moon rotates about its axis which is nearly perpendicular to the plane of its orbit.
The period of one complete rotation about its axis is also equal to a sidereal month.
2006-07-02 03:11:06 · answer #4 · answered by Pearlsawme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's too spookily accurate to be a natural thing. The moon is artificial, the question is 'who put the moon in orbit around Earth?'
2006-07-02 00:04:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moon Rotation Period
2017-03-01 13:07:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya it is, that is the reason we can only see one side of the moon at any given location on earth and at any time.
2006-07-02 01:01:29 · answer #7 · answered by Rav 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is, which is why the images of the far side of the moon were so interesting when the 1st missions reached the moon as no one had ever side that side before
2006-07-02 00:05:45 · answer #8 · answered by Ivanhoe Fats 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's called a "synchronous orbit". But I think it goes off by a few seconds every year...
2006-07-02 01:55:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋