How tidal locking works and Why we see same side of moon always, This moon thing is confusing me very much, I watched many videos and made a understanding but i can’t picture it, too hard for my brain

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How tidal locking works and Why we see same side of moon always, This moon thing is confusing me very much, I watched many videos and made a understanding but i can’t picture it, too hard for my brain

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Tidal locking is the reason that the moon is now “locked” with the earth’s spin. It happens essentially because energy is lost due to “tidal friction” if/when it *doesn’t* spin at the same as it orbits.

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