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Why some moons rotate differently than other moons.
Published on 18 Sep 2011 at 12:00 am.
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Many celestial bodies, including moons, are known to rotate, or spin on an axis. Different moons rotate in different directions and at different rates. The reason for these differences is that different forces are acting, and have acted in the past, on the different moons. Usually, properties of the planet that a moon orbits around [...]