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Since the moon always keeps the same side facing earth does it rotates on its on axis?
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Yes, it rotates at the same rate it orbits the Earth.
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How does summer happen?
When the earth rotates and your facing the sun.
When will the northern hemisphere be dark?
There is no time when the complete northern hemisphere is dark. As the earth rotates there is always some part of the northern hemisphere facing the sun, so it is bright there, and there is always a part of it that is facing away from the sun, so it is dark there.
Why do you only see 1 side of the moon?
the moon rotates on its axis once a month (28 days) The moon revolves around the earth every 28 days The moon is tidally locked with the earth which means that we always see the same side of the moon. It is true that the moon rotates around the earth but it does not spin on its axis.
Is the rotation of the Earth and Moon the same?
No. Earth rotates every 24 hours. The moon rotates at a much slower rate, taking about 29.5 of our days, which is about the same time it takes to orbit Earth. Because of this, we always see the same side of the moon facing Earth. We can see a bit more than 50% in reality.
What Is The reason We Have Day And Night?
The reason is the earth rotates and when you are on the side that has isn't facing the sun is night and the side that is facing it is having day
Why do you have night and day time?
As the Earth rotates around the sun it also rotates on its own axis. The Earth rotates through 360 degrees every 24 hours (1 day).One side of the Earth is always facing the sun, as the Earth rotates through its axis, the side facing the sun changes; if viewed from a stationary geographical location on Earth, we experience daytime, twilight, nighttime, dawn and then daytime once again.
One side of the earth is facing the sun and the other side is what?
The other side is experiencing night time.
How does summer happen?
When the earth rotates and your facing the sun.
Why the Sun sometimes is in the sky and not at other time?
The sun is always in the sky. But, as the earth rotates, some of the time (at night) your part of the earth is facing away from the so you think it is not in the sky.
When will the northern hemisphere be dark?
There is no time when the complete northern hemisphere is dark. As the earth rotates there is always some part of the northern hemisphere facing the sun, so it is bright there, and there is always a part of it that is facing away from the sun, so it is dark there.
Why does the Tycho crater always face the earth?
The moon rotates in such a way that one face always points towards the Earth. This is because the Earth has tides - over time the tidal forces gradually removed energy from the Moon's rotation so it ended up always facing the Earth.
Why is the far side of the moon the same as the dark side of the moon?
It isn't. When it has a new moon, the far side is facing the sun therefore being bright. It's always dark when viewed from Earth since we can never see it since the moon revolves and rotates at 27.3 days.
What do weobserve since the moon rotates for each revolution around the earth?
We always see the same features on the surface - since the rotation is the same period as the orbit.
What side of the moon you are unable to see?
The dark side of the moon is always hidden from our view since the moon rotates around itself at the same rate it rotates around the Earth. Therefore the same side always faces us.
When earth is facing the sun?
The Earth ALWAYS faces the Sun. However, the Earth rotates. So one half of the Earth is in sunlight (Day time) and the other half of the Earth is in darkness (night time). We always face the Sun, because we , the Earth, is held there in its orbit about the Sun , because of Sun/Earth gravity.
Why do you only see 1 side of the moon?
the moon rotates on its axis once a month (28 days) The moon revolves around the earth every 28 days The moon is tidally locked with the earth which means that we always see the same side of the moon. It is true that the moon rotates around the earth but it does not spin on its axis.
Is the rotation of the Earth and Moon the same?
No. Earth rotates every 24 hours. The moon rotates at a much slower rate, taking about 29.5 of our days, which is about the same time it takes to orbit Earth. Because of this, we always see the same side of the moon facing Earth. We can see a bit more than 50% in reality.
