
How do planets get their moons?
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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The Moon Is Slowing Down the Spin of the Earth
The Earth and the moon will both be tidally locked to each other. That means that given enough time, the moon will stay on the same side of the Earth. Eventually, it'll take about 47 of our current days to spin the Earth. But that wouldn't be for billions of years. And that would be assuming that the sun doesn't gobble the Earth first.
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