We have never sent a probe to the other side of the moon. Why?
Could there be a base where UFO's hide out while observing the earth? UFO's disappear quickly when they visit the earth. It could be they travel to the other side of the moon. What do you think is on the other side of the moon?
2007-01-22 13:52:38 · 15 answers · asked by ZORRO 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
We have sent many probes to the far side of the Moon. Lunar Orbiter, Apollo, Lunar Prospector, Clementine, Smart 1. Where have you been? Any space craft that orbits the Moon must completely circle the Moon on each orbit. They cannot help it. None of them landed on the far side, but there are tons of pictures from orbit on the web it you take the trouble to look for them. The first source is a photographic map of the whole Moon, near and far side. The second source is the result of typing "far side of the moon" into google images.
2007-01-22 13:57:27 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Haha, i've seen every single possibility of an answer.
THe moon rotates, the moon doesnt' rotate. WE know whats there, we have no idea whats there.
I make mistakes too......i'd just ask a science professor/teacher to get the best answer Zorro.
Anyways, my response is. The moon roates around the earth every 28 days....i might be off there by decimal points. It takes the same amount of time to rotate on its axis.
So the same side of the moon always faces us.
The moon doesn't make its own light, its the reflection of the sun's light.
A "new moon" is when the moon is between the sun and the earth. We don't see it because the opposite side is getting all the light....which is the "dark side". Our probes then can in fact see the "dark side" of the moon.
2007-01-22 22:12:47 · answer #2 · answered by My name is not bruce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do not see the dark side of the moon because the moon does not rotate on its axis; therefore, as it revolves about the earth, we see only the part of the moon on which the sun is shining. When there is a new moon (no visible moon), the dark side of the moon is facing the earth with the sun behind it so that we can not see it. As for the UFOs, who knows? I suppose that if they exist and wanted to have a base which would be hidden from us, that might be an idea. However, we sent astronauts to the moon in ships which orbited the moon, thus our astronauts most probably would have detected a UFO base if one was located there.
2007-01-22 14:03:21 · answer #3 · answered by Lynci 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There is no dark side of the Moon. The Moon gets sunlight on all sides. There is a far side to the Moon which we cannot see from Earth as the Moon is tidally locked with us and always shows the same face to us.
This does not mean that the far side of the Moon is unknown. The Russians were the first to photograph it which is why they got to name many of the features. The first humans to see the far side of the Moon were the crew of Apollo 8 and all the subsequent Apollo astronauts saw the far side
The Moon does rotate on its axis, one rotation per lunar month. If it didn't, it couldn't keep the same side facing Earth. As much sunlight falls on the far side as falls on our side. At the moment with a new moon, only a crescent on our side is illuminated but more than three quarters of the far side is lit.
2007-01-22 14:04:33 · answer #4 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We never see the dark side because the moon is rotating at the precise speed to keep one side dark at all times. But that is relative to our view from earth. The moon is rotating around the sun too, so remove earth from the sun's line of sight, and no part of the moon is always dark anymore.
2007-01-22 14:40:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We know darn well what's on the "dark side" of the moon, we've mapped the whole thing.
OMG, you people have no clue. The moon DOES spin on it's axis, at the exact same rate that it orbits the earth (about 28 days). It DOES get sunlight on all sides, because it is often between us and the sun so the far side gets light at that time.
2007-01-22 13:57:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tentofiel is absolutely right, there is no darkside of the moon as all the moon receives sunlight at some point. The moon is tidally locked so that one face remains towards the earth. If there was a darkside, there would be no phases.
gl
2007-01-22 15:43:04 · answer #7 · answered by James O only logical answer D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon does not have a "dark side"--it rotates just like the earth does, only slower--its s"day" is 28 earth days long.
The moon does always keep the same side towards Earth--that is because it is "tide-locked" This is a phenomenon that you see soemtimes when one oftwo bdies is close and much smaller than the other--nothing "mysterious" about it--its basic physics.
So, sorry, no alien bases. :)
2007-01-22 14:00:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the moon does not rotate on it's axis like the earth and other planets do. there have been many probes sent to photograph and map the "dark" side of the moon. what's on the other side of the moon, the side we don't see? more moon.
2007-01-22 14:02:09 · answer #9 · answered by whiterose1947 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The moon rotates in the same timing that it orbits the earth.
2007-01-22 14:53:50 · answer #10 · answered by japonese 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋