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Re: can a moon sustain life in a solar system?

Re: can a moon sustain life in a solar system?  
jcamjr
From:jcamjr
Subject:Re: can a moon sustain life in a solar system?
Date:23 Jan 2005 20:57:33 -0800
An interesting side thought has to do with the viability of an earth
type planet in orbit of a red dwarf for the planet to recieve enough
energy for water to remain in a liquid state it would have to orbit so
close to its star as to be tidaly locked with one side to the star and
the other always in darkness this would be a poor place to hope to find
a viable biosphere However what if instead this world was in fact a
moon in orbit of a giant planet within the stars lifezone? this would
seem to solve the tidal lock problem. Someone tell me what I'm missing
here Im sure theres something wrong with this scenerio
   

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