Posted by: Cocyte
« on: March 11, 2013, 03:14:04 PM »The day and the year are both 45 terran hour long. Obviously tidaly locked. So there's indeed a "cold" side.
Posted by: TheDeadlyShoe
« on: March 11, 2013, 02:19:11 PM »How long is its year? 
Sure, the summers may be hot, but it's 10d cooler in winter!
Sure, the summers may be hot, but it's 10d cooler in winter!
Posted by: Cocyte
« on: March 11, 2013, 12:25:36 PM »It's probably a bit too sunny actually
I actually imagine the thing as being an ocean of molten silicon...
It's surprising that the atmosphere is not also composed of vaporized iron (Boiling point of iron is 2862 °C, a tiny bit lower than the average temperature on this hellhole)
EDIT :
As strange as it may seems, those kind of planets exists :
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/kepler-78b-exoplanet-0819.html
"There are more things in heaven and earth..."
I actually imagine the thing as being an ocean of molten silicon...
It's surprising that the atmosphere is not also composed of vaporized iron (Boiling point of iron is 2862 °C, a tiny bit lower than the average temperature on this hellhole)
EDIT :
As strange as it may seems, those kind of planets exists :
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/kepler-78b-exoplanet-0819.html
"There are more things in heaven and earth..."
