#a thin strip of twilight would circle the planet and could sustain temperature equilibrium between permanent heat and cold

[comicaurora]

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[gregarious-cervine]

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#a tidally locked planet is one that doesn't rotate in relation to its sun. so one half receives constant sunlight #a thin strip of twilight would circle the planet and could sustain temperature equilibrium between permanent heat and cold #this twilight band could potentially sustain permanent settlements. they'd just have to deal with weather from the temp differential

Ooh, so this is actually really interesting; the most recent science indicates that, for tidally-locked planets with an atmosphere like Earth's orbiting in their star's habitable zone, the atmosphere transfers enough heat away from the dayside and towards the nightside to make large swathes of the planet habitable, not just the twilight zone.

Here's a neat article that goes into more detail, covering how climate could work on a variety of possible tidally-locked planets: [link]

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[oracleofdiscord]

#a tidally locked planet is one that doesn't rotate in relation to its sun. so one half receives constant sunlight

#a thin strip of twilight would circle the planet and could sustain temperature equilibrium between permanent heat and cold

#this twilight band could potentially sustain permanent settlements. they'd just have to deal with weather from the temp differential

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[silvereyedowl]

#a tidally locked planet is one that doesn't rotate in relation to its sun. so one half receives constant sunlight

#a thin strip of twilight would circle the planet and could sustain temperature equilibrium between permanent heat and cold

#this twilight band could potentially sustain permanent settlements. they'd just have to deal with weather from the temp differential

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