2007-08-28 20:42:05 · 12 answers · asked by MOHALI SC K 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
The moon always turns the same side
toward the earth so ...yes.
2007-08-28 20:46:13 · answer #1 · answered by Irv S 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The point here is that the moon's orbit around the earth is very slow compared to the earth's own daily rotation (28 days vs 1 day). So imagine the earth spinning "beneath" the moon, and it will become clear that ALL parts of the earth see the same view of the moon at any one time. (Of course, to those in the Southern hemisphere, it may look upside down!).
The issue about the moon spinning at the same rate as it orbits the earth, and hence keeping the same side to the earth, is a different one. Even if that wasn't the case... and if therefore we saw all sides of the moon at some time or other, everyone on the earth would see the SAME side at any one time.
(Update: The previous comment assumes that the moon is still spinning very slowly or not at all. If it were spinning more than, say, 3 or 4 times per orbit, then what people in different parts of the world saw would be a function of relative rotational rates and time zone differences)
2007-08-29 16:18:55 · answer #2 · answered by Yokki 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes;The moon always presents the same face to us because its period of rotation is the same as its period of revolution around the earth.This means one side of the moon is always locked towards the earth.This phenomenon is called captured rotation.
However, we can actually examine more than half (about 57 percent) of the total surface.Because, the moon travels around the earth in an elliptical path.Due to this,the orbital velocity changes and moves fastest when the moon is closer to us while the rate of axial spin being constant.So, we can see a little round alternate edges(extra portions) of the moon.Thus we can see four-sevenths of the total surface in the course of a lunar month and the remaining three-sevenths is permanently hidden from our eyes.
2007-08-30 11:00:49 · answer #3 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the whole world sees the same side of the moon. the Moon is rotating on its axis; it spins once a month, exactly the same length of time as it takes to orbit the Earth. So, after half an orbit around the Earth, the Moon has also spun one-half of a revolution about its axis.
2007-08-29 11:06:27 · answer #4 · answered by Tom P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Since the same side of the moon always faces the earth, we see the same side from where ever we are on earth.
2007-08-29 03:47:47 · answer #5 · answered by suigeneris-impetus 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Only one side of the moon is visible from earth. To see the other side, you need a spaceship. No one saw the other side until space probes were sent out to photograph it in the 60's.
2007-08-29 03:48:38 · answer #6 · answered by modax42 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
yes, the rotation of the moon is the exact same as its revolution, so the same side is facing earth at all times.
2007-08-29 03:58:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, everyone on earth see's the same side. We didn't see the very cratered "dark side" until it got photographed by ships orbiting it.
2007-08-29 11:40:09 · answer #8 · answered by Connie B 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As America and India are opposite to each others so they do not see the same side of the moon.
2007-08-29 03:46:50 · answer #9 · answered by macs 1 · 0⤊ 7⤋
They see the same side, but not the same phase.
2007-08-29 03:46:55 · answer #10 · answered by Becky Go-Belmonte 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋