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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by Retric on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:29PM (#13708425)
Oceans can move a lot of heat around a planet, so the cold side could stay well above freezing. Remember it's T^4 so cold areas radiate far less heat.

That said, if there where minimal atmosphere then the effects your talking about become a larger issue. Atmosphere is largely a function of solar wind and volcanic activity which relates to the isotopes in a planets core making this hard to predict.

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