The Far Side of the Moon

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When you look at the Moon at night, you always see the same face. The far side of the Moon can never be seen from Earth. Why is that?

As the Moon orbits the Earth, it also spins slowly on its own. Remarkably, the speed of its spin matches the time it takes to go around the Earth exactly. As a result, the same side always faces us. For this reason, people could not see the far side of the Moon for a very long time. When a spacecraft finally photographed it, the far side looked quite different from the side we know.

Vocabulary from this story

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orbits

aylanadi (atrofida)

spins

oʻz oʻqida aylanadi

matches

mos keladi

exactly

aniq, xuddi

faces

qaraydi, yuz tutadi

spacecraft

kosmik kema

photographed

suratga oldi

quite

ancha, birmuncha

Grammar from this story

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as + subject + verb (while)

...ayotganda, ... bilan bir vaqtda (bir vaqtdalik yoki sabab).

As the Moon orbits the Earth, it spins slowly.
As I grew older, I understood more.

for this reason

Shu sababli, shuning uchun (sabab-natija bogʻlovchisi).

For this reason, we could not see the far side.
It was raining; for this reason, we stayed home.

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1. Why do we always see the same side of the Moon?

2. Why couldn't people see the far side for a long time?

3. What was the far side like when a spacecraft photographed it?

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