I have stated in my article that the moon rotates about an axis, passing through the centre of the earth, which is not strictly true, but does not vitiate the conclusions I have drawn. It is well known, of course, that the two bodies revolve around a common centre of gravity which is at a distance of a little over 2,899 miles from the earth's centre.
www.rastko.org.yu...
From many from Google
Check in with Tesla or check out.
Fake or not, is a discussion.
ED: The mechanical engineering and kinetic energy of rotation
seems to be avoided by Tesla. 'Fundamentals of Astrodynamics',
Dover, makes no distinction on axial rotation, so far as I see
but did not see KE comes into effect yet.
But the idea of the moon going off tangentially without rotation
is interesting.
ED+:
Other cases of locked-in rotation
Moons whose rotation is "locked in" or "synchronous"--always presenting the same face to the parent body--are surprisingly common in the solar system, especially inner moons, close to the planet. All four "Galilean satellites" of Jupiter are synchronous: volcanic Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, all discovered by Galileo. The 5 inner moons of Saturn are similarly synchronous, as is Iapetus, more distant, the mysterious half-dark-half-light moon which in Arthur Clarke's book "2001, Space Odyssey" was the gateway to another world.
The rotation of the planet Mercury is locked onto the Sun in a strange way--three rotations every two orbits. And the strange rotation of Venus, from east to west, unlike Earth--seems to be locked on Earth. The lock seems imperfect and may be accidental, but the fact is that every time Venus is closest to Earth, it presents us with almost exactly the same face. Venus is covered by dense clouds, and the radar-carrying Magellan mission has mapped almost all of its surface in great detail. Before that, though, the main tool for studying the surface were radio telescopes, doubling as radar dishes for bouncing signals off the planet. Only imperfect images could be obtained, but astronomers were frustrated to find that on every closest approach, the same face presented itself.
istp.gsfc.nasa.gov...
Odd the use of "synchronous" like man made satellites.
I wonder if NASA puts the spin on or the satellite faces the earth
naturally.
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Hey do you always find it necessary to add meaningless babble to your posts? 
Geee! What a waste o' time! What happened to
those perky air hostesses on board? Too busy I guess!! Or do they refuse the orders of their captain? How dare they! Lol! 
