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YankeeGamer · 03-13-2020, 08:09 AM

I don't know if this is scientifically valid--I'm not enough of an expert--but it looks plausible--certainly sufficient for gaming. Here's a well thought out tide-locked world which keeps in mind the fact that orbits are usually not circular.
http://www.worlddreambank.org/L/LIB.HTM

http://www.worlddreambank.org/P/PLANETS.HTM has a lot of neat concepts :)

03-13-2020, 08:09 AM	#11
YankeeGamer Join Date: Dec 2017	Re: [Space] Climate & habitability of tide-locked planets I don't know if this is scientifically valid--I'm not enough of an expert--but it looks plausible--certainly sufficient for gaming. Here's a well thought out tide-locked world which keeps in mind the fact that orbits are usually not circular. http://www.worlddreambank.org/L/LIB.HTM http://www.worlddreambank.org/P/PLANETS.HTM has a lot of neat concepts :)