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Originally Posted by JohnnyClips
How come we never see the other side of the moon?
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The Moon shows the same face to us all the time here on Earth because the time it takes the Moon to make one revolution on its own axis is EXACTLY the time it takes the Moon to go around the Earth along its orbit.
This animation is great - while I knew the correct answer in my head I couldn't visualize it, this animation did it for me.
I'm going to guess about 5% of people could pass a basic elementary school astronomy test. I go back to Google/YouTube often because I forget basic science facts and need a refresher.