Scientists call this synchronous rotation. The side of the moon that perpetually faces Earth is known as the near side. The opposite or "back" side is the far side.

During synchronous rotation, substantial quantities of volatile deposits would have accumulated on the hemisphere facing away from the Sun, ...

Would there be any noticeable effects here if the moon rotated at a faster rate than its current synchronous rotation with Earth? • While the time the moon takes to orbit Earth has major effects ...

In the simulation that best matched the Spitzer data, LHS 3844b is locked into what’s called synchronous rotation, in which the planet rotates once every time it orbits its star.

But the synchronous rotation is not perfect, so the Moon does not always show exactly the same face to the Earth. We can actually see slightly over half of the Moon's surface, about 59 per cent ...

Unfortunately, because the Moon’s rotation rate is locked to its revolution, we will never get to see Luna’s hidden 41 percent from Earth. Richard Talcott Senior Editor ...

Newcastle Advertiser News Fun facts with Angus Burns: synchronous rotation We would expect to see the other side of the moon because it is a rotating sphere, but this is not the case.