The Proxima Centauri exoplanet, unlike Earth, is tidally locked to its parent star, always showing it the same face. (Like our Moon!)
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How in the H%&* can we possibly know THAT??
Smaller bodies very close to much larger parent bodies likely to be tidally locked to them.
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Thanks for reply. Have to ask--the word "likely" suggests we don't really know... so would mass-con's make a difference?
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