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    Default Tidally-Locked Planets

    Hey Guildies, I'm starting work on a map of a tidally-locked Earth-like planet. It orbits a binary star and is a little further away from them than Earth is from the Sun.

    My question is this: assuming the overall output of light and heat of the binary stars feels about the same to people on that planet as they'd experience when standing on our Earth, what would you say would be the diameter of the area exposed to the sun? How many miles from one side to the other? Like, if you started out at one edge where the sun was barely visible as a fingernail on the horizon, how many miles would you walk in a straight line until you got the same view from the other direction?

    Also, how broad would you say the 'shadow zone' between actual 'day' and full 'night' would be?

    Math is not my strong suit.

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