@sonhouse saidBecause it disagrees with certain people's pet theories.
@divegeester
Of course there is no 'dark side' of the moon but because it is tidally locked to Earth, the backside gets slightly less energy in total since Earth does emit some energy which will reach the moon, a small part of it of course.
Look at Suzianne's post, nice piece about that subject.
why would folks double thumb her down? It's just an article and may even be wrong so why the TD?
@sonhouse saidThis is the post that the paper I linked agreed with. That was why I posted the link.
@divegeester
Because Earth emits heat as well as the sun so that increases slightly the heat on the nearside but the backside has total darkness and direct light from the sun but that is slightly less heat than the combined heat from Earth and sun hitting Luna.
Not much heat for sure but it is a tiny bit more.
@shallow-blue saidNObody makes that mistake.
He may have meant that, but it's not as obvious as you gaslight it is. Clearly, none of you have ever listened to a Pink Floyd album, or you'd have known how many people make that mistake.
People aren't as stupid as you'd like to believe.