I think 1-2% is wrong

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pwokenyaw — 9/24/2007 4:49:13 AM (archived)

More like 20% according to this source:

http://www.seti.org/news/features/seti-and-the-smallest-stars.php

Same article mentions potential solutions for tidal locking. Elsewhere I've heard of resonance orbits like Mercury has, or planets with large moons like Earth has as potential solutions.

Finally, I've read but can't find a source saying that flaring is less of an issue as the M star ages.

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Is our Sun a Singleton? - New Age Vapors - 9/21/2007 3:16:56 PM
- why the name change, Larry? (n/t) - Adam - 9/21/2007 11:43:40 PM
  - re: why the name change, Larry? Larry J? - phil - 9/21/2007 11:48:54 PM
    - Close... - Fox - 9/23/2007 11:54:29 PM
    - (I know how we could tell...) - RobVG - 9/22/2007 12:37:17 AM
      - good one, Rob (n/t) - Fox - 9/23/2007 11:49:26 PM
        
        The message is much more interesting than the messenger - New Age Vapors - 9/24/2007 4:02:18 PM
- re: Is our Sun a Singleton? - Hank - 9/21/2007 8:15:02 PM
- I'm sure it weighs more than that. (n/t) - TB - 9/21/2007 3:58:04 PM
  - LOL. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/21/2007 4:38:58 PM
- If so, yet another reason our system may be rare (n/t) - phil - 9/21/2007 3:27:28 PM
  - Most red dwarfs are single, are they not ? And they are the most numerous (n/t) - Raoul - 9/21/2007 3:56:28 PM
    - re: Most red dwarfs are single, are they not ? And they are the most numerous - Hank - 9/21/2007 6:23:17 PM
      - Selection effects - Hank - 9/21/2007 11:54:59 PM
      - Most stars are single ! - Raoul - 9/21/2007 9:13:15 PM
    - Red Dwarf Flare Impacted Tidally Locked Worlds Are Not Earthlike - phil - 9/21/2007 4:08:57 PM
      - Not like earth, yes, but.... - Raoul - 9/21/2007 4:11:16 PM
        
        re: Not like earth, yes, but.... - phil - 9/21/2007 6:17:46 PM
        
        I think 1-2% is wrong - pwokenyaw - 9/24/2007 4:49:13 AM

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