do satalites rotate, why or why not?
Discussion
is it true that the moon is a piece of the earth that broke off and got caught in earths orbit? like a satalite man sends up in earths orbit? 🤷🏾♂️
Idk. Seems like if that's the case it would rotate, right? Why would it stop?
no 🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣 so whats the answer?
Tidal locking
its locked ie no it doesnt rotate hence we see the same side of the moon. like the truck example.
Turns out spheres rotate at different speeds
Tidal locking between a pair of co-orbiting astronomical bodies occurs when one of the objects reaches a state where there is no longer any net change in its rotation rate over the course of a complete orbit.
For example, the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth, although there is some variability because the Moon's orbit is not perfectly circular. Usually, only the satellite is tidally locked to the larger body.
Tiiiiggghhttt
It does rotate