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Earth's Place in the Solar System
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T/F: There is one side of the moon we can never see from Earth.
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💡 Explanation:
Because of tidal locking, the Moon takes the same amount of time to rotate once on its axis as it does to orbit the Earth. Consequently, the same side of the Moon always faces Earth, leaving the 'far side' invisible to observers on the ground. We can only see this far side using spacecraft.