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Space/Science » in reply to re: Couple of questions:

re: The flares could themselves result in "seasons" on such a planet.
The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil — (archived)

That in turn could cause some sort of tidal wobbling of the planet as it would Freeze and thaw during such events.

I imagine water in liquid form on the daylight side evaporating and then falling as snow on the night side...Under normal conditions, this massing of snow would through glacation and other means, move toward the daylight side keeping the planet in tidal harmony with the Parent star.

However, when the Parent star goes into "sunspot" mode. Then with the reduced sunlight hitting the daylight side, the daylight side would also begin to freeze-out, the glaciation which moves excess Ice from the dark side to the daylight side would cease and the mass imbalance would cause a "seasonal" wobble...Perhaps the planet would even "turn-over" with the dark-side becoming the daylight side, and the daylight side suddenly becoming the dark side.

Maybe not... I got to give it more thought...

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