Activity for Manda
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How much water would remain at the poles of these planets? My binary terrestrial planets are roughly the size of earth and they are tidally locked with one another. They are 12,000 miles (19,312 km) apart. That distance is based off of this article, http://phys.org/news/2014-12-binary-terrestrial-planets.html, which suggests a likely distance of only three p... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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Day/Night temperature variation on tidally locked binary planets My binary planets are roughly the size of earth and they are tidally locked with one another. Both planets support life. If the day/night cycle is roughly 100 hours (50 hours of day, 50 hours of night), how widely would the temperature vary from the warmest part of day to the coldest part of night? ... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |