09-30-2010, 05:14 PM
Paul F. wrote:If it does rotate, however slowly, that would prevent all the water from being locked up in the form of ice on the "cold" side. I would be interested to know if the planet's rotational axis is parallel or very nearly so to it's orbital axis, or if the rotational axis is somewhat skewed resulting in "seasons" (albeit very long ones)?
Acer;
Apparently, either from one of the links or from another story, it does rotate slowly... and the extremes are "tolerable"... from -30 to +160 F. Does not exclude life...
Paul F. wrote:Not yet. (fingers crossed)
What they don't have is proof of liquid water...