Nov 13, 2024
Could There Be Life on Tidally Locked Planets?
A tidally locked planet is one that is so close to the star that the angular momentum of the spin of the planet, if it had any, gets transferred by tidal interactions with the fluid surface of the star. The net result is that, like our moon, it always points one face at the star. There is no possibility of a place on the surface having a day and a night. That will mean all places have a uniform…