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The unprotected far side of the Moon has more craters
of the "fallen-in"
asteroids. Ergo, the far side weighs more than the near
side, which is shielded by the
Earth. The additional far-side weight of the Moon acts
centrifugally to keep the weighted
side always away from the Earth around which it orbits.
Ergo, there is always one side, the
same side, facing us. The Moon is always oriented toward
us, like a ship that has its masts
pointed inwardly toward us and its weighted keel away
from us. This explains why the
first photographs showed a greater number of craters
on the far side of the Moon. The
Earth acts as a shield. On Earth, the craters are not
so concentrated because the Earth gets
its cosmic fallout quite evenly. Earth's weight and
massive pull are progressively increased
to offset the Moon's farside weight increase and tendency
otherwise to forsake Earth.
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