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RE: Tuesdays w/ Trismegistuz | TOP 7 BIGGEST Myths & Misconceptions in Science!
Thanks @trismegistuz, great post. The fact about the dark side of the moon is a bit unclear.
The moon will always face us with the same side due an effect called tidal locking. So there is a side of the moon that we can never see from earth. But that side isn't always the dark side of the moon. For example during a new moon the side facing earth is in the dark while during full moon the side facing away from earth is in the dark. Just like earth has night and day, so does the moon. A day on the moon lasts about 28 days.
Thanks! I was honestly getting pretty close to posting this and was rushing through that last fact I know its a little off haha. I only knew there was a night and day cycle and it was a different length than on earth but didn't actually check how long that day and night were ^^".
So I threw in that thing about the "rotation" to say most people have probably looked up and observed each face of the moon at some point. Thanks for clearing this up though, would you mind if I put that in the post for clarification?
You're welcome. Please, feel free to add this to your post!