You misunderstand entropy as well, actually. There is no indication that Spacetime experiences entropic decay. That is entirely speculative. Cosmologists currently have several theories about the future of the universe, from the Big Rip scenario where expansion not only continues but actually increases exponentially,…

Orbits will eventually decay, spin will eventually decay, unless the object is in a universe completely devoid of other matter or energy or is in an orbit so wide the expansion of space-time exceeds the energy lost in each orbit - and even then that only works so long as space-time continues to expand. Nothing lasts…

As Einstein would say: There’s no such thing as a perpetual motion machine (its one of the few “impossible” things there is in natural physics).

If it’s close enough to a red dwarf to have liquid water, it’s going to be so close it’s almost certainly locked...unless it has a huge moon swinging around it.

Believe it or not? Math.

No it is not.

We’d have to have direct imaging to detect such a moon. And the odds of it happening... there’s probably only a few hundred thousand of them in the galaxy that might be in the right place and with the right period. But excellent terraforming potential. :)

The only exception would be an earth-sized moon of a gas giant in the habitable zone - which with the right orbit would create a rotational period roughly similar to Earths.

Nothing is certain. Not even death and taxes in this day and age. And with a bit of Lovecraftian mindset one might say that “strange aeons” are upon us, and “even death may die.”

I know it is most likely tidally locked. I was just saying it isn’t a 100% certainty.

As Einstein would say: There’s no such thing as a perpetual motion machine (its one of the few “impossible” things there is in natural physics). Gravitational dragging from the star will always slow a planet’s rotation, and eventually even a planet’s orbit will decay. Just like the moon’s orbit/gravitational dragging…

Odds are very high it is tidally locked. Most M type stars have habitable zones well within the tidal locking limit. The only exception would be an earth-sized moon of a gas giant in the habitable zone - which with the right orbit would create a rotational period roughly similar to Earths.

Tidally locked at a 9.9 day year. So its possible the warm side is 50C while the cold side is -50C with the day-night terminator somewhere around 5-10C. There’s at least some part of the planet not frozen solid. But how much of it is in that state is anyone’s guess.

100% his intent, I am certain of it.

Well, since sex offenders are pretty much the folks without any recourse whatsoever, there’s no one who really gives a shit if they die (and, whenever a sexual crime comes up in the news, there will be rafts of comments about how the perpetrator should be castrated/killed/drowned/raped/etc ... including from…

For many sexual predators, even if they have served time, etc - they are still forbidden from being around children/various other restrictions (such as can’t live within 100 yards of a school or park, etc). And, since shelters will have children in them they - technically - can’t stay at the shelter. Most humane…

Wow. Congrats on the least and most appropriate comment possible in this situation. Your comment is so accurate it makes me physically ill.

You know there is a chunk of the public who will say, “Well, that’s one more criminal off the streets.”

Who is “we”? The Mayor said that he didn’t want sex offenders/predators in shelters? That seems like an idea the vast majority of people are cool with. If you’re with them, then hopefully you die in the storm.

. . . So I guess this is what it looks like when certain people get their country back. Too long have we coddled people who believe that because they are human beings, they are entitled to food! medicine! roofs! during an emergency.