Saab… A question for you.

RE: Saab… Another question for you.

Saab you are quite correct. I would just add that this aspect of the moon’s dynamical properties is called synchronous rotation and as a consequence, the whole moon is successively illuminated by the sun. While we never see the “dark side” the fact that the moon swings or oscillates in both longitude and latitude as it orbits, means that we can actually view approx 59% of the moons surface during the year.

Elsewhere you noted that some of the largest tides occur in the channel Islands and also referred to those near Happy Valley-Goose Bay in Labrador. As Goose Bay is located at the end of a long inlet, the tides there may indeed be large. I believe, however, that the huge tides you refer to are those in the Bay of Fundy between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick which are indeed some of the largest in the world.

Your reference to Happy Valley reminds me that a member of this forum once referred to Happy Valley as being near Hudson’s Bay.:-) The question concerning the moons reminds my that in a recent AFM post someone referred to the landings on the moon as a single event. 🙂

Regards
Sauron

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I am not exactley sure if this is answering your question Domin or just extending it, however, here is my understanding on the subject from what I have learnt in Physics:
The Moon revolves around the earth in the same direction and same amount of time, that it also takes for it to rotate. This results in the Moon always keeping the same side turned toward the Earth and the other side turned away from the Earth, thus we never see the moon’s “dark side”, which is not totally true because for half of the time it is lit up by the sun.

RE: Saab… Another question for you.

Ok Saab my old china… see if you can answer this question for me. ‘Tis been bugging me for years and yesterday i filled the minds of my fellow work mates with confusion.

Why does one side of the moon always face the earth?

Lots of people say because it doesn’t rotate on its axis but surely this can’t be true otherwise we would see different parts of the moons surface depending on what part of its orbit its in.

This can only mean that the moon rotates at the same speed as it orbits the earth. But if this is the case then one side of the moon wouldn’t constantly be dark, meaning the moon would have a day and a night (presumably lasting 27 days or there abouts).

So whats the answer????

have fun =o)

RE: Saab… A question for you.

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 06-01-03 AT 05:19 PM (GMT)]Some pictures:
http://www.guernsey-press.com/weekly_images/300106news5.jpg
http://www.guernsey-press.com/weekly_images/300106news1.jpg
http://www.guernsey-press.com/weekly_images/300106news6.jpg

They are by no means the best of images, however, they do give a moderately good impression of the immense size and posistion of the stricken vessel. The later of the three reminds me of Titanic…hahaha

RE: Saab… A question for you.

No I don’t live within sight of it, but really nothing is more than a 25 minutes drive of each other on the island so it is easy enough to get there.However,Yes I have been to see it on saturday at low tide (although it wasn’t the best of conditions to go see it)It has turned in to a bit of a tourist attraction with hundreds of people going to see it, however, there is concern that if the visitor numbers continue at this level, there could be some damage to some historical monuments around the reef.
The boat itself is huge, as large as one of the cargo boats, which comes into port. I didn’t get to close because it is corned off (although that hasn’t stopped some)but enough to get a sense of the size of the vessel.
It will not be moved for another six weeks on the spring tides so I might go down there again and get a few pictures for you all.

RE: Saab… A question for you.

Cheers Bhoy, I must pay a little more attention!!!!

RE: Saab… A question for you.

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