The Same Old Moon
It’s safe to say our relationship with the moon is pretty one-sided–literally. Because it rotates exactly once on its axis each time it orbits Earth, we always see the same old side of the moon. Fact is, the first time we saw the far side of the moon was when Russian satellite Luna III beamed back images in 1959. Join Henry Reich as he discusses the moon’s evolution and how it settled into its current orbit in this edition of MinuteEarth.
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