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Understanding Temperature Distribution on Tidally Locked Planets

Tidally locked planets exhibit extreme temperature differences between their day and night sides, with the cold side being frigid and the warm side not much above freezing. Despite receiving the same amount of sunlight as Earth, these planets have lower average temperatures. This discrepancy raises questions about the factors influencing their temperature distributions.

Science, Astronomy & Space Sciences, Exoplanetology