Eyeball Earths
April 13, 2017
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as posted by the channelEarth-sized planets found in the habitable-zones of low-mass stars are likely to become tidally locked to the star, with one side baked in perpetual sunlight and other trapped in an eternal night. These so-called "Eyeball Earths" turn out to be extremely common and some famous examples include Proxima b and the planets around TRAPPIST-1. Here, we explain why this tidal locking happens and what it means for the potential habitability of these alien worlds.
::More about this Video::
► "Discovery of a Planet around our Nearest StarProxima b" Cool Worlds video by Dr Guillem Anglada
► "Proxima bTransits, Habitability & How to Get There!" Cool Worlds video by Prof Kipping
► Gillon et al. (2017), "Seven temperate terrestrial planets around the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST1"
► Video of zonal winds on a tidally locked planet taken from Merlis & Schneider (2010), "Atmospheric dynamics of Earthlike tidally locked aquaplanets"
► Leconte et al. (2015), "Asynchronous rotation of Earthmass planets in the habitable zone of lowermass stars"
► Cool Worlds Lab website
► Columbia University Department of Astronomy
► Outro music by Daft Punk "Harder, Better, Stronger, Faster"and
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