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Re:Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star by FreeFull on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @10:22PM (#12356604)
I feel like adding mass on one side would only made the tidal locking stronger. Either way, you'd need some sort of massive energy input to make the planet spin up again.
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Re:Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star by vanattab on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @10:47PM (#12356686)
It would be interesting to study given a specific level of ice build up how big of an asteroid would have to hit it at the perfect angle to make it flip?
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