Multiple Choice
The Moon rotates synchronously as it orbits Earth, always keeping one side pointed toward Earth, because
A) of the effect of the magnetic field of Earth on the magnetic field of the Moon, much like the effect on a compass needle.
B) it had precisely this rate of spin, equal to its revolution period around Earth, when it was formed.
C) of frictional effects from micrometeoroids in its orbital plane, especially early in its history.
D) of the effect of the gravitational pull of Earth on the tidally induced bulge on the Moon.
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