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Re:Two potentially life-friendly planets found orbiting a ne... by kybernetikos on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @10:01AM (#20213034)
It follows from "one revolution around itself is same as a rotation around the star" that a planet tidally locked to its star presents the same face to the star at all times, so you have a 'Day' side and a 'Night' side. Neither side of which is likely to be particularly life friendly. Perhaps there might be some 'twilight zone' that could be though...

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