Un Boyarski
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Why do we never see the backside of the moon ?
Because the rotational period of the Moon equals its orbital period around the earth, thus the same side always faces us. There is a slight oscillation, thus we have actually seen about 55% of the Moons surface from Earth.
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