Thursday, 24 November 2011

the moon - Day and night temperature on an earthlike planet with longer rotational period

I'm trying to understand the climatic effects of the far future scenario of an Earth-like planet with a reduced rotational speed caused by tidal locking with the moon (day-night period of 28 days, one hemisphere always facing the moon, the other never facing the moon).



I understand that observations of the moon's surface temperature have shown day temperatures of 120°C and freezing cold nights of -230°C.



How would the day and night temperatures of tidal locked Earth vary?



I am also interested in climatic effects caused by the reduced tides, coriolis force, increased evaporation, but this may reasonably be outside the scope of this question and it's answers.

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