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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by __MatrixMan__ on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:01AM (#20213040)
Tidal locking means that the denser side of the lighter body always faces the heavier body, and the less-dense side of the lighter body already faces away from the heavier one.

The moon is tidally locked to the Earth, which is why it has a dark side.

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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by wiredfool on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:47AM (#20213649)
There is no dark side in the moon.

There is a far side.

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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by __MatrixMan__ on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @12:07PM (#20214631)
You're right, but I'm pretty sure that "The dark side of the Moon" is a proper name at this point.

It's dark like the darknet is dark... Occluded.

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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by pault on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:30AM (#20213420)
So the Apollo "earthrise" photos are just "earth"?
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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by archgoon on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:48AM (#20213663)
No; they weren't taken from the moon; they were taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft, which was orbiting, so the Earth did in fact 'rise'.
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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by quakeguy on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:53AM (#20213728)
Yes, Earth does not move significantly on the moon sky, if i remember right. It does rotate though.

Edit: Archgoon is right, the photos were taken from the orbiting module, so a rise happened.

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