Why does our moon not rotate on its axis?
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It does indeed rotate on its axis. The length of a lunar day is equal to one orbit around earth. The same area faces earth all the time because of this phenomenon. If you were on the moon, you would notice the change in the appearance of the sky. swabby
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You received a correct answer, that our moon does rotate. So let me assume you would now rephrase your question: "why then is our moon showing us always the same face?" It is called tidal locking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking The same way that the moon drags the tidal bulges in our oceans --and thus slows down earth's rotation--, the earth has slowed down the moon's rotation by gravitationally locking to bulges on the moon, until it "stood still", i.e. did synchronize the moon's rotation around the earth with the rotation around its axis.
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Absolute gibberish,...garbage. its right there, all you have to do is go outside, look up and there's your answer... how dare you. have you not eyes? my child can clearly see the real. -my advice to you is simple: wipe clean your eyes, reprogram your brain, and learn some basics:
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