Re: Astronomers have found a giant planet orbiting so close to its parent star...


"David Staup" <dstaup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Chris L Peterson" <clp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:27:43 -0500, "David Staup" <dstaup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Planets that close will be tidally locked. rotation and year equal

That's probably true for a rocky planet- although maybe not in a case
like this, where the dynamics could be undergoing a rapid shift.
However, it seems rather likely that the planet involved in this case is
a gas giant, so it's unclear what "tidally locked" would even mean.
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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Just as a guess by a layman
I would think that rather that rotation of the system you would get
exchange (flow) to/ from the hot side and cold side. probably with the
highests velocities at the interface between the star lit side and the
dark side? what would you make as an educated guess?
let me add this:
the flow would be from the hot side to the cold side at higher altitude and
the reverse at lower altitude...and the planet would certainly be egg shaped


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