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You have had several responses which are all basically correct. If you are still having trouble with the concept, think of the moon and how it always shows the
by goodcanadian 9y ago
You have had several responses which are all basically correct. If you are still having trouble with the concept, think of the moon and how it always shows the same face to the Earth: you never see the "back." This is because the moon is tidally locked to the Earth.
- twic 9y agoI understand tidal locking as it applies to solid bodies. It was what "always shows the same face" would mean for something made of constantly moving and mixing masses of gas that puzzled me. But, as you say, i have had several good answers - being tidally locked is about transfer of angular momentum, and gas giants still have angular momentum.