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Subject: heavenly bodies *spoiler*(?)
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Date: Mon, 11-Jun-84 16:40:48 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 11 16:40:48 1984
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> 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