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Take a ping pong ball and mark an 'X' on it. This 'X' will represent the side of the moon we can see in the night sky from Earth. Naturally, the opposite side of the ping pong ball will represent the side we cannot see from Earth (the far side of the moon).
Get a Basketball. This will represent the Earth. Take the ping pong ball and make the 'X' face the basketball. Move the ping pong ball around the basketball while keeping the 'X' facing the same direction you started with-do not rotate the ping pong ball. You are simulating the moon orbiting the Earth.
If you watch where the 'X' is while the ping pong ball is circling the basketball, you will notice that at some point, all sides of the ping pong ball will end up facing the basketball-this is also what would happen if the moon did not rotate. We would be able to see all sides of the moon.
The ping pong ball is not rotating hence we would be able to see all sides of the moon (including the far side). We cannot see about one-half of the moon at any time so we know that it must rotate-it's just that one side is always facing us (due to tidal locking).
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When moon rotates faster?
When moon rotates faster... Nobody can answer this, it's not asking anything.
What causes the rising of the moon each day?
the moon doesnt rise. the earth rotates
Does the moon rotate around earth?
No The moon roates around the earth. The earth rotates around the sun within the solar system.
Can the moon turn?
Yes it can, and it does. The moon rotates once every revolution, which is how we only see one side of the moon.
When the moon rotates around the sun what happens to the moon?
The Moon does not orbit the Sun; it orbits the Earth. The Earth orbits the Sun.
Where does the moon rotate?
The moon rotates in space. As for HOW the moon rotates, it rotates about it's own axis and revolves around the Earth. As for WHY, it is due to the conservation of angular momentum.
When moon rotates faster?
When moon rotates faster... Nobody can answer this, it's not asking anything.
The earth rotates and the moon revolves in opposite directions?
The earth rotates and the moon revolves in the same directions.
How many moon do have it the planets?
Because the moon rotates in its axis
Why do the moon have day and night cycles?
The moon has day and because the moon rotates
Why does the moon look so close to earth?
because when it rotates,it rotates too close
How long will it take the moon to leave the earths gravity?
It takes the moon 27.322 days to orbit the Earth. While the moon rotates, the moon also rotates. Due to this rotation, we always see the same side of the moon.
Does the moon round the sun or the earth?
The moon rotates round the Earth.
Why is moon getting into shadow of the planets?
the moon rotates around the world
Does the moon get further away as it rotates around the earth?
the moon stays in the same place at the same size at all times. it just rotates.
What does the moon do around Earth?
does it revolves rotates phases or circles the anser is rotates
What rotates while lying on your planet?
Moon
