"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message
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garry parker wrote:
Do any moons of the other planets have the right size to produce a
similair
effect from that planets perspective?


Does the fact that it doesn't spin have anything to do with that?

If it could spin would it be able to support an atmosphere?


Ah, but the moon does spin. The period of its rotation is equal to its
orbital period, that is why the same side of the moon faces us.

Rob