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To: KevinDavis

A habitable moon around a planet like that would create some interesting issues. Things like an entire world in the dark for a day every month. Seems like it would get very cold for a few hours before being exposed to the sun again.


3 posted on 05/11/2010 5:03:22 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: cripplecreek

If the moon had a large ocean or was mostly ocean and it was closer to the sun then the water could act to mediate the month of darkness.

Plus look at the moons of Jupiter, some make an orbit around Jupiter ever day and a half (io) and some take up to 7 days (Gandeymeade). So it would only make a night of 1 to 3 days.


11 posted on 05/12/2010 11:18:26 AM PDT by GraceG
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