…in what proximity would you have to be to the sun and how fast would you have to be spinning (like a rotisserie chicken) so that your light side didn’t burn and your dark side didn’t freeze; rotating just enough to keep a relatively stable temperature?

Absolutely absurd, I know but this question somehow popped into my head and won’t leave. 😆🐔🔥🧊

  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    earthling, you have evolved over the course of billions of years to deal with sunlight at a distance of one astronomical unit.

    …plus a planet’s magnetic field, plus a few kilometers of atmosphere!