Just thought I'd chime in on the 'tides on a tidaly locked body' bit.
You would still get tides, just smaller. The sun would produce enough of a gravity differential to make them somewhere between half and a quarter as big (have had the time to do the math).
And you would still get waves, as those are wind generated.
So we wouldn't get some of the violent surf we get here. But it wouldn't be an alge mat.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
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You would still get tides, just smaller. The sun would produce enough of a gravity differential to make them somewhere between half and a quarter as big (have had the time to do the math).
And you would still get waves, as those are wind generated.
So we wouldn't get some of the violent surf we get here. But it wouldn't be an alge mat.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy