Posted by Dr. Science on 02/01/2013 in
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Why does the moon rotate on its axis at the same rate it revolves around theearth?
———- from Jeff Edburg of Iowa City, IA
It does seem a little too neat, doesn’t it? I mean, what a coincidence, that the two rates of rotation, one around its own axis, the other around the earth itself, are equivalent. It’s a cleverly constructed denial mechanism to hide the far side of the moon from viewers on earth. Like a teenager obsessed with his own acne, the moon suffers from the delusion that it would lose the few friends it has if anyone saw the real moon. Fact is, the far side of the moon looks pretty much like the near. And yes, it is pock marked. Those who love the moon wouldn’t have it any other way. Try telling the moon that.
