What Causes Synchronous Rotation

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Multiple Choice

What causes synchronous rotation?

• A)Most jovian moons were formed out of their planet's nebula with the same rotational period as their parent planet.
• B)Most jovian moons were formed out of their planet's nebula with the same orbital period.
• C)A massive planet exerts a tidal force on a moon that causes the moon to obtain the same rotational period as its parent planet.
• D)A massive planet exerts a tidal force on a moon that causes the moon to align itself such that its tidal bulges always point toward and away from the planet.
• E)orbital resonances with other moons

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