The Moon orbits the Earth in the same direction that the Earth rotates. If the Moon had an atmosphere that contained ions, these charged particles would experience a force due to their motion in the magnetic field of Earth causing a charge separation over the Moon. If this happened, which side of the Moon (the far side or the near side) would be positively charged? (This does not actually happen with our moon, but it does happen with one of the moons of Jupiter.)
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