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I just got done thinking/theorizing that the solar flex for a tidally locked M-class star earth like planet would need to be habitable mostly on the sunlit side for life to take advantage of its star. It seems obvious too me at least that 1 solar flex of solar energy pointed at the dimpole(direct sunlight) would be well into the 200f regime making it very unfavorable for life.
Such a planet would have part of its habitable zone on the twilight portion of the "sunside" but about the same would be on the dark side....Seeing that most life on earth needs sun light and needed sun light to form chemical bonds wouldn't an .4 to .7 solar flex be more habitable simply because most if not all of the habitable "area" would receive direct solar energy on such a world.
I couldn't see earth not spinning and be anything besides a oven over most of its sunlit side.
https://en.wikipedia...xima_Centauri_b
Promixa Centauri b is pretty much the perfect M-class tidally locked planet.
Followed by
https://en.wikipedia...iki/TRAPPIST-1e
https://en.wikipedia...wiki/Wolf_1061c
https://en.wikipedia...wiki/Kepler-62f
This one is probably on the colder side but if I am right it is probably also deserving of more respect
https://en.wikipedia...ki/Kepler-1229b
Such a planet would have part of its habitable zone on the twilight portion of the "sunside" but about the same would be on the dark side....Seeing that most life on earth needs sun light and needed sun light to form chemical bonds wouldn't an .4 to .7 solar flex be more habitable simply because most if not all of the habitable "area" would receive direct solar energy on such a world.
I couldn't see earth not spinning and be anything besides a oven over most of its sunlit side.
https://en.wikipedia...xima_Centauri_b
Promixa Centauri b is pretty much the perfect M-class tidally locked planet.
Followed by
https://en.wikipedia...iki/TRAPPIST-1e
https://en.wikipedia...wiki/Wolf_1061c
https://en.wikipedia...wiki/Kepler-62f
This one is probably on the colder side but if I am right it is probably also deserving of more respect
https://en.wikipedia...ki/Kepler-1229b