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Re: [Space] Climate & habitability of tide-locked planets
It generates worlds closer to the sun than is possible under the dice generation rules.
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Re: [Space] Climate & habitability of tide-locked planets
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The equator and terminator are great circles, so they intersect at two points. The subsolar point stays very close to the equator because the tidal effects that reduce rotation rate also reduce obliquity. So however I draw a map, indeed whether I draw one or not, one of the intersections of the terminator and the equator is to the east of the subsolar point and the other is to the west of it. That is, using “east” and “west” in their usual senses, as the planetary scientists who study and model these planets and hypothetical planets do. If you are using “east” and “west” in some unconventional way that you refuse to explain even when I ask, I have to conclude that you are not trying to communicate.
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Re: [Space] Climate & habitability of tide-locked planets
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03-14-2020, 11:45 AM | #24 |
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Re: [Space] Climate & habitability of tide-locked planets
Huh? The subsolar point experiences permanent noon. The terminator permanent twilight. They are as far away as you can possibly put them on a sphere.
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03-14-2020, 02:30 PM | #25 |
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Re: [Space] Climate & habitability of tide-locked planets
That’s just bizarre. The subsolar point is the middle of the sunlit hemisphere, and the terminator is the edge of the sunlit hemisphere. The middle of a hemisphere can’t be at its edge.
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03-14-2020, 08:20 PM | #26 |
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Re: [Space] Climate & habitability of tide-locked planets
Does "terminator" perhaps have another meaning of being the edge of a map? If so, I couldn't find any support for it though.
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03-14-2020, 08:36 PM | #27 |
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Re: [Space] Climate & habitability of tide-locked planets
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03-15-2020, 09:10 AM | #28 |
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Re: [Space] Climate & habitability of tide-locked planets
What it looks like to me is that there is enough uncertainty to make any of several different choices depending on what you want for gaming, and be able to justify them. It's even possible to use several depending on the sun, the eccentricity, and more.
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