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Would there be any noticeable effects here if the moon rotated at a faster rate than its current synchronous rotation with Earth?
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Would there be any noticeable effects here if the moon rotated at a faster rate than its current synchronous rotation with Earth?
I remember being told that when you see a flash of lightning and start counting until you hear the thunderclap, the number you have counted to will amount to the number of miles distant the storm is. Is this true? If not, is there any way of calculating the distance based on the observed time difference between lightning and thunder?