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The moon is tidally locked to earth, meaning it rotates at such a speed that the same side is always facing earth. (This is also why the moon can have a "dark s
by Leo_Verto 7y ago
The moon is tidally locked to earth, meaning it rotates at such a speed that the same side is always facing earth. (This is also why the moon can have a "dark side")
It usually takes millions of years of tidal forces from a planetary body acting upon its satellite for the latter to be tidally locked to the former.