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weberer
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Any tidally locked satellite such as the moon.
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zmgsabst
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A tidally locked satellite rotates: one rotation per orbit.
this_was_posted
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unless the body it rotates around rotates at the exact same speed around another body in the opposite direction
jacquesm
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Then it
still
rotates.
throwaway290
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It can only rotate relative to an arbitrary point, not in some objective absolute sense. Here it does not rotate relative to chosen point.
jacquesm
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Something about privileged reference frames...
throwaway290
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But what's the alternative, right?
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