Life on a tidally-locked planet
Popular Physics
2014-05-07 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract
A tidally-locked planet in its orbit around a star keeps the same face towards the star. This happens when the rotation period of the planet around its own axis becomes equal to its revolution period around the star. Many questions then arise. What gives rise to a tidal locking? Are there any tidally-locked planets somewhere? What will be the atmospheric system of a tidally-locked planet? Could life be sustained on a tidally-locked planet? What will be a sort of DAY in the life of a denizen of a tidally-locked planet? We dwell on these questions.
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@article{arxiv.1405.1025,
title = {Life on a tidally-locked planet},
author = {Ashok K. Singal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.1025},
year = {2014}
}
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6 pages, 2 figures