Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rayssd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!rayssd!m1b From: m1b@rayssd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games.trivia Subject: heavenly bodies *spoiler*(?) Message-ID: <473@rayssd.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 16:40:48 EDT Article-I.D.: rayssd.473 Posted: Mon Jun 11 16:40:48 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jun-84 00:05:22 EDT Organization: Raytheon Co., Portsmouth RI Lines: 17 > My understanding is that it does. The moon has a "day" of about 28 days. > Have you ever heard the fact that earth always sees the same side of the > moon? That's why we talk about a dark and light side. The rotational > and revolutional periods of the moon just happen to be the same length. > Those periods compare to our day and year respectively. Actually, the rotational and revolutional periods of the moon are not merely coincidental. It is due to Earth's gravity. I just had to get that off my chest! Joe Barone, {allegra, decvax!brunix, ccieng5}!rayssd!m1b Raytheon Co, Submarine Signal Div., Portsmouth, RI