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minus-squarealkheemist@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 day agoIt could be tidally locked to the sun too. Then days would truly cease to exist, you’d just have a hot side and a cold side.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoTidal locking still requires the planet to be rotating
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·21 hours agoIt could, and eventually would, but the premise of this comic is “the earth has stopped rotating”, not “the earth is now rotating at 1 revolution per year”.
It could be tidally locked to the sun too. Then days would truly cease to exist, you’d just have a hot side and a cold side.
Tidal locking still requires the planet to be rotating
It could, and eventually would, but the premise of this comic is “the earth has stopped rotating”, not “the earth is now rotating at 1 revolution per year”.