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Old 03-06-2010, 02:24 PM
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Moon question

Does the Moon rotate on its axis?

Or is it a captured movement of the Earth's influence.

I know it always presents the same face to the Earth, but I believe there may be differences of opinion on this area of lunar physics.

Picture a leaf caught in a whirlpool. It may always present the same face to the centre of the whirlpool, but could you really say that leaf is rotating on its axis?

What do you reckon?
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