08-26-2016, 06:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2016, 06:38 AM by stevebowers.)
This planet could potentially be quite a bit like Twilight, with an icy dark side and a habitable twilight zone. The subsolar point could be quite warm.
Alternately this could be a waterworld, with an eyeball configuration, like Yanqui.
A third possibility is a world in 3:2 resonance, like Mercury; this could be the most temperate version of all, and could probably be terraformed quite easily. Daytime would be a strange experience, however, as the Sun would move back and forth in the sky in a very odd pattern. Here's a Youtube video about Mercury's double sunrise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPprOO2u1gk
Does anybody have a preference between these three options?
Alternately this could be a waterworld, with an eyeball configuration, like Yanqui.
A third possibility is a world in 3:2 resonance, like Mercury; this could be the most temperate version of all, and could probably be terraformed quite easily. Daytime would be a strange experience, however, as the Sun would move back and forth in the sky in a very odd pattern. Here's a Youtube video about Mercury's double sunrise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPprOO2u1gk
Does anybody have a preference between these three options?