Did you know?
Because to tidal locking, the Moon rotates on its axis in the same time it orbits the Earth, letting humans to see just one side of the Moon at all times.
The Moon's far side is often mistakenly called the "dark side," but it receives just as much sunlight as the near side. This rugged, heavily cratered terrain has a thicker crust and fewer dark, flat plains compared to the near side. The far side was first photographed by the Soviet Luna 3 probe in 1959
Written, translated, and illustrated by: Ratchanok T.
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