Atmosphere.....like Venus!!!

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Raoul — 9/15/2007 1:03:09 PM (archived)

I wonder.
If there's an atmosphere, then there's a transfer of energy to farside.

Venus has a very hot atmosphere and winds that turn around the planet in 4 days while the planet itself has a very very low rotation (243 days)...meaning, even in the night side, nothing freezes!

A tidally locked planet with an atmosphere will have a lot of wind and a hot farside!

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