Thread: Moon question
View Single Post
  #42  
Old 03-06-2010, 09:39 PM
bojan's Avatar
bojan
amateur

bojan is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Mt Waverley, VIC
Posts: 7,111
Guys,
You have to understand that we are dealing here with complex movement, consisting of two components:
1) orbital component (29days)
2) rotational component (27 days)
Combine them together, and you have moon facing earth always with the same side.

So I aplologise for my erlier comment on axis passing through the barycentre odf the system Earth-Moon, it is not correct, sorry.
Reply With Quote