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It facing the earth

It rotates but does not spin...

Disregard that video...

Tidal locking, it's nutty stuff

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking

Nice!

It's mind boggling stuff... I think I'll go smoke a J and stare at the moon. GN

I was looking at it high, 🤣🤣🤣

That checks out I guess

But think about the force tidal locking induces onto the earth... it shifts all the water in the ocean.

Does it always point toward the earth in the same direction. That seems highly unlikely to be a constant.