#tidally locked planet

[delightfullyoddspec]

The World Map

Here we have Marmakul, which is a tidally locked planet with two suns and two moons. The planet has only one giant supercontinent, the titular Abo, with a horribly fractured relief. There is also a minicontinent Ged (or a big island, take it as you will).

Also, don't be fooled! Marmakul is locked towards two suns at once. What results in a rather amusing situation.

In the center of a Dayside a giant storm is always raging. It can grow as big as a whole Dayside, if both stars are in the active phase. Or shrink back to the area shown on the map under sub-stellar point.

[superpte]

Red Dwarves And Their Tidally Locked Planets

Could There Be Life on Tidally Locked Planets? Considering the number of tidally locked planets orbiting close to Red Dwarves, this is really an interesting question. Whether the equivalent of chlorophyll could be developed for lower frequency light is another interesting question… Why not? Chlorophyll was not obvious to develop, it seems it took more than two billion years… It’s a quantum…

[madelinelovesick]

[comicaurora]

good news I found more outer space

[whirligig-girl]

Oistir - a tidally locked super earth, home to three sentient aquatic species. Done for @raydrawsdaly

[lorebird]

I sunk 24 hours of rendering into this piece so MAY AS WELL POST IT

I had to design and illustrate an underground city for my concept art class, and decided to go with subterranean aliens building a vertical metropolis! I’m very inexperienced and no real good with xenobiology, so they ended up like walmart brand bug ferrets….. but I’m definitely happy with the style of architecture!!

[the-faultofdaedalus]

hell is real and it is slowly rising like a monstrous moon as you travel towards the horizon

[elbiotipo]

To think tidal ecosystems probably aren't that common elsewhere in the universe... I don't really buy into the "land life wouldn't evolve without tides" argument because there are many other places (marshlands, deltas) where land meets the ocean, but it's true that tidal ecosystems are only possible because of our moon, and I wonder how this might affect other living worlds and worldbuilding.

Though I forgot about habitable moons that would have gigantic tides actually so actually scratch the previous.

[awritersbro]

can talk for an hour on your stories eh? may i hear

in terms of Non-Fanfic works, I am working on a story called Sally's Place for Misplaced Monsters and an as-yet untitled retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

Sally's Place is about an eminently practical girl named Sally Anne Roberts. She has no imagination and doesn't intend to ever have one, much to the despairing of her parents.

Until one day she gets assigned a monster-under-the-bed.

She's a four-armed reptillian girl named Greenie and this is her first assignment.

One thing you should know about Sally is that everything she says, she says with absolute confidence. So when she firmly declares to Greenie that monsters under the bed don't exist, she believes Sally and begins to despair that she's doing everything wrong.

Sally lets Greenie live in her coat pocket, her reasoning being that while monsters under beds and in closets are just stories parents tell their children to get them to behave, she hasn't heard of any stories where monsters live in coat pockets.

Sally tells her parents about Greenie, and they celebrate that their little girl has finally developed an imagination.

The next evening, a fierce storm knocks open Sally's bedroom window, and a boy with wings and feathers crashes through. His name is Henry. He escaped a human experimentation facility with his friend Peter Andy but they lost each other in the storm.

Peter Andy is sort of a Wolf, so they put one of Henry's feathers on Sally's windowsill in the hopes that Peter can follow the scent.

Sally tells her parents about Henry, and they celebrate her learning how to play Make Believe.

My plan is for it to be a series of short and fun little anecdotes where monsters and various magical and mythical creatures come through Sally's bedroom window with various problems and Sally, Greenie, and their friends do what they can to help them, with a higher-stakes subplot going on in the background involving taking down the Human Experimentation Facility.

My main concern with this story is that the main characters don't really... grow. Or change. Maybe it will be different once I actually start writing more of the thing. Hopefully.

My untitled Little Red Riding Hood story, meanwhile, may be problematic because the protagonist is the Wolf.

His name is Peter Andy Wolf and he is the Big Bad Wolf's son.

Red's grandmother was chased out of town because she took the fall for her daughter-in-law's Witchcraft. Apparently, the Viscount's firstborn got turned into a wolf.

(The women in town all breathed a sigh of relief when he fled into the woods. He was a notorious skirt-chaser, and he didn't take no for an answer.)

(The baby was unintended collateral damage. A mistake in the spellwork that would go unnoticed for the better part of a decade.)

It goes as it always does: Red goes into the woods to bring her grandmother gifts and pastries supplies. Peter's original plan was to lure her off the path and eat her.

But in order to lure her away, he needs to talk to her, and the more he talks to her, the less he wants to go through with it.

After a week of this, Peter asks if he can have a piece of the bread she's carrying.

After another week, proudly gave Red the branch of a plant that is useful for dyes and medicines, but difficult to grow.

"F'r y'r Gr'n'oth'r" he said through the wood between his teeth.

During a town festival, she sees him watching the festivities from the edge of the woods. He asks her about dancing.

he's never even stood on two legs before, but he'd like to try it.

It's shaky. Unbalanced. But having someone hold his hands and dancing with him helps.

Eventually, Peter's Father finds out. That day, Red meets a different wolf on the way to her Grandmother's house.

Peter runs into town to ask for help and the Woodcutter (who's served as a minor antagonist up till now) gives him one of her axes (because he runs faster than her). He doesn't know what he can do with an axe when he doesn't have thumbs, but he takes it in his mouth anyway and runs. She follows him as fast as she can.

Peter andy wolf does not notice that he's human until he's standing surefooted, with a bloody axe in his hands, over his father's disemboweled corpse.

The one good thing Peter's father did for him: He made a good fur cloak for walking with Red to her Grandmother's house.

[sh0rus]

Pluto and Charon.

Locked in an eternal waltz.

Always facing each other, never looking away.

Pluto however has its heart hidden, looking away from Charon.

Even thought they have always been and will forever be together.

Locked in an eternal waltz.

[etherclan]

This is so cool so far. Space kitties?? Sci-fi Kitty cats??? Space sci-fi Kitty cats???? RIGHT UP MY ALLEY

Thank you!

Be ready because eventually I’ll be making a post all about Gliese667Cc and then it will be all over for ya’ll

[reaperfromtheabyss]

whooops, got way too into character creation and just sent my GM 3 rapidfire max-length discord messages detailing the hypotheticals of the culture my character might have come from at midnight

[tanadrin]

bugs me more than it should how abundant class O/A/B stars are in stellaris, especially for habitable systems. those stars are rare! and they’re very unlikely to host life!

[yifftwiceplz]

she quit reblogging from me cause she hates me shes just vaguing now ok then passive advgressive much smdh

[spacenutspod]

Space Nuts #472 Q&A Edition: Titan's Mysteries and Cosmic Curiosities Join Andrew Dunkley and Professor Fred Watson in this intriguing Q&A episode of Space Nuts, where they delve into the mysteries of our solar system and beyond, addressing questions from their curious audience. From the unique atmosphere of Titan to the hypothetical existence of Planet Nine, this episode is filled with captivating discussions and astronomical insights. Episode Highlights: - Titan's Atmospheric Enigma: Explore the origins of Titan's thick nitrogen atmosphere and its ability to retain it, unlike Mars. Discover the role of comets and organic chemistry in shaping this unique moon's environment. - Tidal Locking Explained: Understand the gravitational phenomenon of tidal locking and why proximity and size matter. Learn about the differences in how natural and man-made satellites maintain their orientation. - Planet Nine Hypothesis: Dive into a speculative theory about Planet Nine and its potential impact on Uranus and Mercury. Discuss the ongoing search for this elusive celestial body. - Triton's Dwarf Planet Status: Uncover the history of Neptune's moon Triton and its possible past as a dwarf planet. Examine the characteristics that make Triton a fascinating world in its own right. - Distinguishing Doppler Effects: Differentiate between Doppler shifts caused by relative motion and the redshift due to the universe's expansion. Explore how these phenomena are used to study cosmic objects. For more Space Nuts, including our continually updating newsfeed and to listen to all our episodes, visit our website. Follow us on social media at SpaceNutsPod on facebook, X, YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram, and TikTok. We love engaging with our community, so be sure to drop us a message or comment on your favourite platform. For more Space and Astronomy News Podcasts, visit our HQ at www.bitesz.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/space-nuts/support or visit our Support page for more options: https://spacenutspodcast.com/about Stay curious, keep looking up, and join us next time for more stellar insights and cosmic wonders. Until then, clear skies and happy stargazing. 00:00 - This is a Q and A episode and we will be doing some homework 01:17 - How come Titan can retain an atmosphere when Mars cannot 07:23 - Why is tidal locking a function of proximity of bound objects 11:00 - Ash Brisbane proposes that Planet Nine once existed on elliptical orbit 14:43 - Nigel from Brisbane Australia asks hypothetical question about Neptune's Triton 18:59 - Triton may have been formed much further out in the solar system 21:17 - Nigel asks where the word asteroid came from 23:24 - Fred answers question from Robert McCowan about Doppler effect ✍️ Episode References Kelly Miller https://www.swri.org Space.com article https://www.space.com/ saturn-moon-titan-makes-own-atmosphere.html 3--- Southwest Research Institute https://www.swri.org iHeartRadio https://www.iheart.com Apple Podcasts https://www.apple.com/apple-podcasts/ Spotify https://www.spotify.com bitesz.com https://www.bitesz.com