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Re:Wolf 1069B: Earth-mass planet in the habitable zone of a ... by rendall on Monday January 09, 2023 @02:05AM (#34307645)
You're saying that all Earth-sized planets without moons are tidally locked?
Re:Wolf 1069B: Earth-mass planet in the habitable zone of a ... by moloch-hai on Monday January 09, 2023 @02:27AM (#34307757)
All such planets orbiting so close to their star are certainly tidally locked.

Even Venus is almost tidally locked, tens of millions of miles away from the sun. All moons in our solar system are locked. It is the norm.

Re:Wolf 1069B: Earth-mass planet in the habitable zone of a ... by rendall on Monday January 09, 2023 @06:17AM (#34309132)
Thanks. TIL.

I have read a science fiction story or two set on tidally locked planets, and the humans occupy the slim twilight belt between the hemispheres facing towards and away from the sun, where the temperatures are less extreme.

If it has an atmosphere, though, I imagine its expansion and compression cycle would make it quite stormy.

Re:Wolf 1069B: Earth-mass planet in the habitable zone of a ... by moloch-hai on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @10:33AM (#34326332)
Given the negligible variation in energy input to various parts of the planet, over time, I would expect it to be fatally placid.