http://www.thunderstruck.com/science-fictions Things that astound and amaze me Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:19:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.thunderstruck.com/science-fictions#comment-117 GoNorthWest Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:32:26 +0000 http://www.thunderstruck.com/science-fictions#comment-117 Thanks, and good point! I think since people never see part of the moon, they assume it never gets any light, which is of course incorrect. Your clarification should help set the record straight...thanks! Thanks, and good point! I think since people never see part of the moon, they assume it never gets any light, which is of course incorrect. Your clarification should help set the record straight…thanks!

]]> http://www.thunderstruck.com/science-fictions#comment-115 Jonathan Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:15:47 +0000 http://www.thunderstruck.com/science-fictions#comment-115 Nice post. Just one comment on one of them: there sort of "is" a dark side of the moon in the sense that the moon's orbital period around the earth is matched to its rotation, such that the same side always faces the earth. that's what they mean by the dark side of the moon. not literally dark, just never visible. The reason why is fascinating in its own right, and I believe it has to do with tides on earth locking the rotation of the moon. Nice post. Just one comment on one of them: there sort of “is” a dark side of the moon in the sense that the moon’s orbital period around the earth is matched to its rotation, such that the same side always faces the earth. that’s what they mean by the dark side of the moon. not literally dark, just never visible. The reason why is fascinating in its own right, and I believe it has to do with tides on earth locking the rotation of the moon.

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