While I was observing, I realized that each day the moon came out, that the craters were the same each day.. So my question, does the dark side of the moon always stay the same dark side of the moon? Also does the moon ever rotate or does the moon stay In place and just rotate around the earth? According to (universetoday), "at some point in the distant past, the Moon did rotate from our perspective, but the Earth’s gravity kept pulling unevenly at the Moon, slowing its rotation. Eventually the Moon locked into place, always displaying the same side to us." So that's why while observing that moons features always looked the same to me because the moon's rotation is very minimal; to where the moon rotates every couple of years. I all way wondered how and why there's craters on the moon? The reason why there are craters on the moon is because millions of years ago in outer space it was a war zone, astroids and meteors sling shoot across the galaxy hitting planets and moons that's how craters were formed on the moon and the earth. The darker the crater, means the deeper it is, that the meteor's impact was greater.
(bookmice)
