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Originally Posted by steffanie
Am i confusing rotation with orbiting? If i (the moon) will have rotated once by the same time i went around the lamp (which is earth), how is there not a time when my back is facing the lamp?!
Myself and my bf are killing each other trying to simulate the moons rotation in our living room  |
Stand against a wall and watch your boyfriend as he moves around the lamp. He'll always be facing the lamp, but you'll see all sides of him as he goes around. He's spun around once from your point of view, so you've seen him go through one full rotation. He's also gone through one full orbit around the lamp, and it took the same amount of time.
Edit: Read what Peter B. said. Make your boyfriend face toward the lamp the whole time he's moving around it.