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Is it just a coincidence that the moon's period of rotation and revolution are identical, so that we always see the same face? If not, how did this situation come to be?

Publication:

Scientific American

Publisher:

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, a Division of Springer Nature America, Inc.

Date:

Oct 21, 1999

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