Does the moom rotate on its axis?
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Yes, it does rotate but more specifically not at the same speed of the earth, but rather at the same speed as its orbit around the earth. It is this reason that the same surface of the moon always faces the earth.
201910
the earth rotates on its axis.... if you are talking about long-period photos.
61467
The moon spins about an axis. The axis  is almost perpendicular to the plane of the moons orbit around the earth. The period of spin (time to complete one rotation about the spin axis) is equal to the period of one revolution around the earth.\n  The result is we see one side of the moon.\nFor many people this answer is not suffice to understand.\nImagine a cubical building in a plain ground. The four vertical walls are marked A,B,C,D.  Imagine the building to be the moon and we are standing infront of the wall marked A. Let us go round the building to see the other walls in the order of ABCD. When we have finished quarter round we can have the full view of the wall B. But imagine  that the building rotates itself such that when we finished quarter round it also has rotated quarter round about itself. We will see only the wall A. If the things continue like this we can never see the other walls.When we complete one round the building completes one round so always we see only the wall A.\n Due to librations actually we can see 59% of the moon instead of 50%
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The answer is yes, and it's done all the time, for various reasons, and in various ways.\n\nThere are lots'a different satellite designs, depending on  the intended use. Steerable antenna beams can be designed to be moved either mechanically or electronically. \n\nAnd yes, sometimes the satellites are moved around in orbit, but not often.  Moving requires energy, and providing such energy, however it's done (and there are lots'a ways) is expensive in cost and payload.  \n\nYou asked a good question - you're a thinker! Hope this helps.\n\nGood luck!
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Yes.\nThe moon rotates at the same speed as it revolves. So, by the time it covers some distance in revolution, it has moved about the same in rotation. Easy to understand with a diagram.
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While the Moon does rotate, it is tidally locked to the Earth.  This means that we always see the same side of the Moon.\n\nThis happens when two astronomical bodies closely orbit each other.
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The moon DOES rotate.  The reason you cannot detect it is because it is in a synchronous rotation, meaning that it takes the same ammount of time to revolve as it does to rotate, meaning that the same face (the Light side) is always facing us.  It may be hard to visualize at first, but imagine you are the moon.  Now, stand facing an object, like a pole which will be the Earth.  Now, practice spinning around (revolving) so that you can do it in exactly 10 seconds.  Now, practice walking around the pole so that you are rotating for exactly 10 seconds.  Now, do them both together.  From your perspective (as the moon) you ARE rotating, but you'll notice that your face (the Light side of the moon) is always facing the Earth.
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because the earth rotates on an axis
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rotational sensor.. which is basically an inductive prox with a timming circuit to calculate revolutions.
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1st, once the corousel is spinning it would keep spinning if not for friction and other forces.\n\n2nd, To accelerate the carousel you have to apply a force that will overcome its moent of inertia (which corresponds to mass in the angular case.  so  F = I * alpha\nwhere alpha is angular acceleration this is the angular equation that cooresponds to Newton's second.\n\n3rd, If you stand on the carousel then the force your feet apply to the floor is equal and opposite to the force the floor applies to your feet.
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"have you ever seen a compass dance before"? that would be my guess. it would just spin around
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No, you've got it backwards, it flushes counter-clockwiswe above the equator, and clockwise below. Right on the equator should flush counter-clockwise as well.
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It should flow counterclockwise because of the Coriolis effect.\n\nHowever:\n\n>> But, the Coriolis force is very small, indeed. \n \nCompared to the rotations that one usually sees (tires on a travelling automobile, a compact disc playing music, or a draining sink), the rotation of the Earth is very small: only one rotation per day. The water in a sink might make a rotation in a few seconds and so have a rotation rate ten thousand times higher than that of the Earth. It should not be surprising, therefore, to learn that the Coriolis force is orders of magnitude smaller than any of the forces involved in these everyday spinning things. The Coriolis force is so small, that it plays no role in determining the direction of rotation of a draining sink anymore than it does the direction of a spinning CD. \n\nThe direction of rotation of a draining sink is determined by the way it was filled, or by vortices introduced while washing. The magnitude of these rotations may be small, but they are nevertheless gargantuan by comparison to the rotation of the Earth. I decided to include a picture of a draining sink, and the first one I tried in my house was found to drain clockwise (the opposite of what the silly assertions would have it do here in the northern hemisphere). This direction was determined entirely by the way the tap filled the sink. The direction of rotation of a draining toilet is determined by the way the water just under the rim is squirted into the bowl when it is flushed.<<\n\nI guess you'll just have to observe - I have made the water in kitchen sinks swirl the "wrong" way just for the heck of it, and it doesn't begin to immediately go the "right" way unless I act on it.
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yes if it is spinning on its own axis as it moves.  This is called Spin Angular Momentum
317871
to answer your second question..yes northern hemisphere tornadoes can, although rare, rotate clockwise. Here is a link or two that address both questions.
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Depends on whether the escape mechanism powers the pendulum in both directions. Many have to be push started and depend on a gravity return to get another power swing after reversing.\nThats a swinging pendulum.\nA horizontal movement with dual powered action would not do much better because the weighted part is often hung on a suspension wire. No gravity, no hanging, no movement.\nAnswer: Leave the grandfather clock behind on your next trip to Mars. It wont work.
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Yup, it's orbital period is the same as its rotational period due to tidal forces. \n\nAs it orbits the Earth it spins on it's axis, it takes the same amount of time to make one rotation as it does one orbit so it looks like it's not spinning at all from down here.