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Will the moon leave earths gravity lock?
We see only one side of the moon because of tidal lock. At the same time, the moon is moving away from earth. Will there be a time where the gravity is no longer strong enough to lock the moons rotation such that it always faces the earth and if so, can we calculate when that would be?
u/TahPenguin — 18 hours ago