Orbits and rotations of planetary bodies and such. (Destiny)
by red robber 
, Crawfish Country, Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 00:03 (3937 days ago) @ Earendil
The moon rotates on its axis only once every 27 days, so I don't think that is fast enough for an object to have enough speed to create a geosynchronous orbit. At least not for a space station sized object that appears so close to the moons surface. But I'm a doctor not a physicist.
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