"Rick Sobie" wrote in message
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Then why doesn't it rotate on its axis?

"Tidal lock".
- http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~lwillia...shm/sld023.htm

Ir you are going to assert things about planetary mechanics,
why don't you start by reading some elementary books on
the subject? Next you'll be claiming that you have to slow
down to move from a high geostationary orbit to a lower
geostationary orbit. Sheesh.