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by kybernetikos 2562 days ago
It follows from "one revolution around itself is same as a rotation around the star" that a planet tidally locked to its star presents the same face to the star at all times, so you have a 'Day' side and a 'Night' side. Neither side of which is likely to be particularly life friendly. Perhaps there might be some 'twilight zone' that could be though...