Why do we see only one side of the moon always?
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The Moon orbits Earth once every 27.3 days and spins on its axis once every 27.3 days. This means that although the Moon is rotating, it always keeps one face toward us. Known as “synchronous rotation,” this is why we only ever see the Moon's nearside from Earth.
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➲ Some point to justify this question !
➦ It is due to lunar liberation that only 59
of the Moon is visible from the earth’s surface. Lunar Liberation refers to the wavering or wagging of the moon caused by the north-south rocking of the moon.
➦One side of the moon faces the Earth because of synchronous rotation. Because of this phenomenon, the moon rotates on its axis in the same period in which it revolves around the Earth. The side which faces the earth is known as a near side and that which is not visible is known as the far side.
➦Synchronous rotation is caused because Earth orbits the Sun once every 365
days and spins on its axis once every 24
hours. The moon orbits Earth once every 28
days and spins on its axis once every 28
days. Though the moon keeps rotating, it always faces one side towards the earth.
➦ The side which gets illuminated by the sunlight is visible to us. The little side doesn’t always face the earth and therefore results in the phases of the moon.
We know that, We need to remember that tidal locking and synchronous rotation of the moon makes only one side of the moon visible to us. The dark side of the moon is that side that is pointed away from the sun and therefore it is not visible from the Earth.
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