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		pulkitanand on Oct 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA’s Sofia Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of ... Tidal forces from Earth have slowed the Moon's rotation to the point where the same side is always facing the Earth—a phenomenon called tidal locking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_side_of_the_Moon

cli on Oct 26, 2020 [–]

But every side faces the sun at some point. The first paragraph of that article even says so.

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