Why can you never see the far side of the moon from Earth?
A. because Earth is spinning too quickly
B. because it cannot be seen during daylight hours
C. because the moon rotates once on its axis in the same time that it takes to revolve around Earth
D. because the moon does not rotate
The correct answer is C. because the moon rotates once on its axis in the same time that it takes to revolve around Earth.
To understand why we can never see the far side of the moon from Earth, it's important to know a bit about the moon's rotation and revolution. The moon takes approximately 27.3 days to complete one orbit around the Earth. It also takes approximately the same amount of time to rotate once on its own axis. This means that the same side of the moon always faces the Earth.
As the moon orbits the Earth, it constantly presents the same face to us. We call this side the "near side" of the moon. The opposite side that we can't see from Earth is called the "far side" or "dark side" of the moon. It's not actually dark all the time, but it's called that because it remains hidden from our view.
So, the correct answer is C. because the moon rotates once on its axis in the same time that it takes to revolve around Earth.