| mrstickball said: stof - I get (kind) of what your saying, but here's what I can see from my research: Space is a great insulator of heat. If you were to magically become exposed to space, you would not die from thermal problems, but atmospheric (or the lack of it). So as you stated, the only way heat would be transferred to the dark side would be that which heats the planet's surface, then radiates through the ground to the darkside. Such a band would probably be very small, and get progressively colder, very quickly. However, it may provide a small band of a very temperate area. Nothing that would make for a fantastic voyage, but could maybe support an underground network of habitability along that area that would be between 0C and 50C. |
Ah yes. I think we're both agreeing with eachother. I wasn't thinking about undeground. I was refering to the space above the surface. And because of how heat disipates in space, it would have to be very hot ground to creat livable heat above it. But sure, there would definitely be a band of undeground that would see moderate temperature, though it may be very unstable since it would be fairly close to molten rock.
Of course, we still wouldn't be able to get close to the planet, as any ship would melt long before it gets there.
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