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Originally Posted by steffanie
  I am so frustrated right now because i cannot seem to grasp this idea. I'm a smart person but i'm still lost! I appreciate you guys for replying.
I can sort of see what you guys are saying, still have difficulty with the same side facing us. Unless it turns with us as we turn an dthat just dosen't make sense to me. |
It rotates with the exact same period as its orbit.
Try this: Put a lamp on the floor in the middle of the room, and stand facing it. Now shuffle along in a circle around the lamp, but keep facing it as you are going around it. That is what the moon is doing. You will have rotated once at the same time you went around the lamp once.
Nick