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minus-square@alkheemist@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish25•11 months 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-square@merc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish12•11 months 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”.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦linkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoTidal locking still requires the planet to be rotating
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.
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”.
Tidal locking still requires the planet to be rotating