ManusJustus on 17 September 2009
| mrstickball said: If the day side is 2000*C, and the night side is -326C, I wonder what the intermediary is that is barely on the dark side? I wonder if it'd be possible to have something temperate in that area. Certainly may be moot due to no atmosphere, but still interesting. |
Since heat radiaton does not require a medium, and heat conduction would occur on the planet's surface (although this would be minimal assuming its surfuce is mostly soil), the change from very hot to very cold would not be instant, leaving some area with more comfortable tempertures.
This temperate area wouldn't be very large, however. Also, depending on the proximity to the star, if the star's size is constantly changing (like our suns and we expect other stars to be), that temperate area may not have a steady temperature.
