Does the moon rotate?!?

Question

Does the moon rotate?!?

Answer 1

The Moon is 384,403 kilometers (238,857 miles) distant from the Earth. Its diameter is 3,476 kilometers (2,160 miles). Both the rotation of the Moon and its revolution around Earth takes 27 days, 7 hours, and 43 minutes. This synchronous rotation is caused by an unsymmetrical distribution of mass in the Moon, which has allowed Earth's gravity to keep one lunar hemisphere permanently turned toward Earth. Optical librations have been observed telescopically since the mid-17th century. Very small but real librations (maximum about 0°.04) are caused by the effect of the Sun's gravity and the eccentricity of Earth's orbit, perturbing the Moon's orbit and allowing cyclical preponderances of torque in both east-west and north-south directions.

Answer 2

Yes the moon does rotate.

Answer 3

yes the moon rotates on its own axis.

the rate of rotation along its own axis is same as the rate at which it revolves around the earth. almost 27 days. so we are able to see only one face of the moon. and the other side is kept hidden from the people on the earth.

Answer 4

We know that the moon rotates because it has gravity, the only way for a planet to have a gravitational force is if it rotates.

Answer 5

Not in the realistic sense of the word. It revolves around the earth, and the same side always faces us, it rotates once every time it goes around the earth, but independently, it doesn't rotate without the gravity of the earth turning it.

Answer 6

Yes, revolution time of moon = rotation time of moon

Answer 7

The Moon rotates on its axis about 10.3 mph (at the equator)



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Answer 8

Yes it does!



But, we see the same side eveytime!



Because it rotates with the same speed as it revolves round the earth.

Answer 9

It has to or else there wouldn't be different features in the moon that we only see every so many days.

Answer 10

There is no dark side of the moon, really.

Answer 11

it's in orbit ya, it rotates. he flies circles around us.

Answer 12

yes

Answer 13

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Answer 14

ofcourse it does