chewie8291 t1_j3dvdwo wrote on January 7, 2023 at 9:38 PM

The earth and moon are tidal locked because a proto earth and other proto planet collided. Much of the core of the proto planet moved to the earth. The rest formed the moon.

super_twis t1_j3e49iz wrote on January 7, 2023 at 10:38 PM

Would probably be more accurate to say the moon is tidally to the earth. Also, the reason the moon is tidally locked is more to do with the gravitational interaction between the two bodies rather than its origin.

chewie8291 t1_j3e4zkl wrote on January 7, 2023 at 10:43 PM

I learned something thank you.

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