sciam.com— In a paper in press for the journal Icarus, geophysicists postulate that our natural satellite was once rotated 180 degrees, with the current far side of the moon facing Earth.
Jan 24, 2009View in Crawl 4
Actually the moon used to rotate fast enough for us to see both sides but over time it fell into a mostly stable one to one spin resonance. There is no magic to it, no one side is more or less dense. We also don't need to imagine huge collisions (although there were plenty) to explain the moons current orbit.
alink2thepastJan 25, 2009
Dig that hole, forget the sun
mdmcgeeJan 25, 2009
Actually the moon used to rotate fast enough for us to see both sides but over time it fell into a mostly stable one to one spin resonance. There is no magic to it, no one side is more or less dense. We also don't need to imagine huge collisions (although there were plenty) to explain the moons current orbit.
Closed AccountJan 26, 2009
Study: Finds studies like this are a waste of money
honeybrassJan 26, 2009
we insulted it once, it still hasn't forgiven us
duckmanneoJan 26, 2009
Aww. Thats just so cute. How the write of the original article said "Flip-Flop" in the title.
bdfarielloJan 27, 2009
What did Pink Floyd and Dale Earnhart have in common?Their last big hit was The Wall.