The Ten Thousand Whys That Accompanied My Growth. Astronomy and Geography Volume (Latest Edition)

Author: Li Jie / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: Why does the moon always follow you? Everyone has had this experience: when walking outside at night, the moon seems to always be with you. Every time you take a step, when you look up, you see the moon. It's like a guardian, safely guiding you home. So, we think the moon follows us. But in fact, the moon doesn't follow us. The reason we have this illusion is that the moon is extremely far away from us—about 384,400 kilometers on average! It's in the sky, and from anywhere on Earth, we can easily see it, so it appears as if it's always following us.
Wisdom Raft: The moon is Earth's satellite and always orbits around the Earth in a circle. Every month, it completes one orbit around the Earth.
Knowledge Encyclopedia: The moon not only revolves around Earth but also rotates on its own axis. Coincidentally, its direction and period of revolution and rotation are exactly the same, so we always see the side of the moon that faces Earth, while the far side of the moon remains hidden from us. P24-25