Why Do We Always See the Same Side of the Moon?

satellite of our planet MoonWe have explained to you what would have happened if the Earth had come towards us to strike us. In our content, which included a very chaotic scenario, we also mentioned the critical roles of the Moon on our planet. In this content, we have already noticed but difficult to make sense of Let’s take a look at a situation.

around our planet every 27 days your tour During this time, the Moon always shows us the same face. In response to this situation, as a ready-made answer, you can say that the Moon does not rotate around itself and that’s why we see it the same way. But the moon around yourself We know he’s back. So how come we always see the same side of the Moon?

If the moon revolves both around itself and around our planet, shouldn’t we be able to see all sides of it?

The speed of rotation of the Moon around itself and around the Earth when you do not take into account This question sounds quite logical. In fact, the Moon has shown us its face many times since the beginning. tried to change but the Earth prevented this from happening in time and brought its satellite to its current state. So how did he do it?

The time it takes for the Moon to complete one orbit around the Earth in 27 days is also equal to this. In other words, at the end of 1 month, it rotates both around us and around itself.

This is what we look at same half It causes us to see the sphere. Seeing the dark side of the moon hindering This is exactly the situation.

We can see a little more than 50 percent of the Moon that it shows us at certain times. This excess is not much, just the invisible part. 9 percent covers. So the moon is just 59 percent We can see it from Earth.

After the rough explanation, let’s simply explain what a ‘Gravity lock’ is in order to fully settle the logic: First, let’s go back a bit.

Synchronous return This situation, also known as the Moon, means that a celestial body always shows the same face to the other object in its orbit, just like in the case of the Moon. Of course, the moon wasn’t always like this. Since it had a very incompatible speed with the Earth when it first started to form, the period of rotation both around itself and around our planet. it was quite different.

The gravitational force exerted by the Earth over a long period of time to deform certain changes occurred in its speed. In order to visualize it in our minds, we standing on Earth, on our feet and on our heads, are separated from each other. not so different We feel gravitational forces.

But the distance between Earth and Moon, and the size of the Moon, changes things:

In this case, the side of the Moon facing us is compared to the dark side. more gravitational force being implemented. Since the moon rotates around itself, its center of gravity turns its face away from the Earth. if he tried to translate the gravitational pull of our planet would keep it where it was.

In other words, if the Moon was moving faster than it is, the Earth would try to keep it in line every time, and it would return to its original position. The time it takes for the Moon to complete its orbit around the Earth in time. equalizer And that’s what happened.

Of course, there are mutual influences here. Because the Moon, as a result of the same effect, is against the Earth. brake duty saw and long ago just 6 hours increased the length of the day from today to 24 hours.

We said that the Earth distorted the shape of the Moon. The moon does this by occasionally raising the levels of the oceans, which are quite easy to take shape:

Finally, it is not a special case of the Earth-Moon duality, it is in the Solar System. on other planets and its satellites. You can share your thoughts on the subject in the comment section.

resources: Astronomy, Space-Science, Conceptual Academy, Sky at Night Magazine, Evolutionary Tree