The Moon always keeps the same side toward the Earth.
So, the Moon rotates once per orbit around the Earth. The time taken for the Moon to rotate once is about 27.32 Earth days.
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The period of rotation of Callisto, one of Jupiter's moons, is approximately equal to its orbital period, which is about 16.7 Earth days. This means that Callisto takes about 16.7 days to rotate once on its axis.
A synchronous rotation is when an object's rotation period matches its orbital period, causing the same side of the object to always face its orbiting body. This is commonly seen in moons orbiting larger planets, such as Earth's moon.
27.3217 days. This is known as the moon's sidereal rotation period. The time between full moons is longer because the earth is going around the sun.
The sun has two types of period of rotation, the sidereal rotation period and the synodic rotation period. The sidereal rotation period is 24.47 days. The synodic rotation period is 26.24 days.
They are precisely equal.
Same as it's orbital period, about 27.32 days.
how is the crater density used in the relative dating
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The earth's period of rotation is a few minutes short of 24 hours, whereas the moon's period of rotation is a bit over 27 days.
The period of rotation of Callisto, one of Jupiter's moons, is approximately equal to its orbital period, which is about 16.7 Earth days. This means that Callisto takes about 16.7 days to rotate once on its axis.
A synchronous rotation is when an object's rotation period matches its orbital period, causing the same side of the object to always face its orbiting body. This is commonly seen in moons orbiting larger planets, such as Earth's moon.
27.3217 days. This is known as the moon's sidereal rotation period. The time between full moons is longer because the earth is going around the sun.
Rotation and Revolution.
I will assume you mean "why do the moons of planets rotate?" this is because the moon has mascons (mass concentrations). these mascons are attracted by the planet more than the rest of the moon, so these parts of the moon always face towards the planet, meaning that the moon rotates
A state of `synchronous rotation`. Its where the rotational period of the moon is equal to orbital rotation period about Earth, one face of the moon will always appear to face earth. In our moons case this is due to tidal locking.
Due to Earth's rotation.