2006-12-28 03:12:25 · 8 answers · asked by l s n 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It is tidally locked with the Earth, which means that through the interaction of gravity and tides, the rotation of the Moon has been adjusted to be the same as its orbital motion around the Earth. So it always keeps the same side facing Earth.
2006-12-28 03:14:17 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where did you go to school? Everybody knows that the back side of the moon is the Sun and when you see the moon during the day, you are actually seeing a double reflection of the back side of the Sun (the Moon) which is reflected off the interior surface of the "Firmament" (Where God keeps the water he used for Noah's flood) it is then re-reflected to the opposite interior side of the Firmament where it appears normal in the sky. I hope this explains it for you.
2006-12-28 22:42:59 · answer #2 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Moon is in synchronous rotation, meaning that it keeps nearly the same face turned toward Earth at all times.
In astronomy, synchronous rotation is a planetological term describing a body orbiting another, where the orbiting body takes as long to rotate on its axis as it does to make one orbit; and therefore always keeps the same hemisphere pointed at the body it is orbiting. In fact, most major moons in the solar system have synchronous rotation due to tidal locking.
Tidal locking makes one side of an astronomical body always face another. A tidally locked body takes just as long to rotate around its own axis as it does to revolve around its partner. This synchronous rotation causes one hemisphere constantly to face the partner body. Usually, only the satellite becomes tidally locked around the larger planet, but if the difference in mass between the two bodies and their physical separation is small both may become tidally locked to the other, as is the case between Pluto and Charon.
Please see the web pages for more details on the Moon, Synchronous rotation and Tidal locking.
2006-12-28 11:35:06 · answer #3 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the Earth rotates and the moon revolves around the earth too, then we always see the same side of the moon, Gravity keeps it where it is
2006-12-28 13:14:03 · answer #4 · answered by BONNIE B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the period of the moons rotation is exactly equal to that of it's orbit around the earth.
This condition is called "Tidally locked"....the one side of the moon is always facing the earth.
2006-12-28 11:15:21 · answer #5 · answered by nwolfe35 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light falls on an object, the reflection comes to the eyes and we see the object.
Light falling on other side of moon cannot reach our eyes as the reflected rays go the other way backward.
(Reflection and refraction)
2006-12-28 11:21:29 · answer #6 · answered by Sheen 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-12-28 11:19:19 · answer #7 · answered by Double O 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-28 11:24:17 · answer #8 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋