Tidally Locked
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Imagine a planet so close to its star that the surface melts. This is the case for several newly discovered exoplanets whose surface temperatures are estimated to be higher than the melting point of rock. A tidally locked planet has one side always facing its host star, pumping its temperatures to the extreme. This project was for a research group studying the observability of lava on distant exoplanets.