Assertion: moon's side | /r/CapableOf | face the earth
Facets:
value: always
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The bound rotation means that the moon always has the same side facing the Earth and a back side that we are not able to observe from Earth.
text: The side of the Moon that faces Earth is called the near side, and the opposite the far side.
text: Across the image bottom lies the dark and expansive Oceanus Procellarum, the largest of the dark (but dry) maria that dominate the side of the Moon that always faces toward the Earth.
text: The Moon is in synchronous rotation with Earth meaning the same side is always facing the Earth.
text: This is because the Moon rotates around on its own axis in exactly the same time it takes to orbit the Earth, meaning the same side is always facing the Earth.
text: This is because the Moon rotates around on its own axis in exactly the same time it takes to orbit the Earth, meaning the same side is always facing the Earth.
text: This means that the same side of the moon is facing the Earth at all times.
text: This means that the same side of the moon is facing the Earth at all times.
text: The Moon actually appears stationary in the sky from the Moon's surface because the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth.
text: As a result, the side of the Moon that faces the Earth is left in complete darkness.
text: At this point, the side of the Moon facing the Sun is fully illuminated, and the side facing the Earth is enshrouded in darkness.
text: This has already happened to the Moon—the same side always faces Earth—and is also slowly happening to the Earth.
text: When the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, the side facing Earth receives no sunlight and is therefore completely dark.
text: The moon is heavily cratered throughout its surface, more so on its "dark" side than the side facing Earth.
text: Recent research suggested that the side of the moon facing Earth was determined by how quickly the lunar rotation slowed.
text: Even though the same side of the moon always faces Earth, there’s no true “dark side,” as many mistakenly call our lunar orb’s far side.
text: The asymmetric nature of this gravitational interaction is also responsible for the fact that the Moon rotates synchronously, i.e. it is locked in phase with its orbit so that the same side is always facing toward the Earth.
text: Across the image bottom lies the dark and expansive Oceanus Procellarum, the largest of the dark (but dry) maria that dominate the side of the Moon that always faces toward the Earth.