 I hear what you're saying, and I understand the word synchronous, but I still don't understand why we don't see the far side of the moon. It's just mind-boggling that... Is any other moon in the solar system like that? Yes, John, we have some other moons in the solar system like that. For instance, some of the moons of the outer planets also have this same synchronous type of situation. The most prolific one, people can look this up,