Tidal Locking Is What Makes the Moon Rotate About Its

question 93

Essay

Tidal locking is what makes the Moon rotate about its own axis at the same rate that it revolves around Earth. Using as a model of a moon two identical masses of mass m connected by a light rod, explain how the forces on the masses would tend to keep this satellite in a fixed orientation.

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