tidally locked planet theme
A planet one side of which always faces its parent star, like how the same side of the moon always faces the earth.
Examples
Captain Picard secretly met various Federation starship captains on the tidally locked planet Dytallix B in tng1x15 "Conspiracy".
5 total · 1 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: White Dwarf (1995) | major | The story is set on a tidally locked planet, named Rusta, in orbit about a white dwarf star. |
| movie: Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) | minor | Data explained how the same face of Remus always faced its sun. |
| shortstory: The Man Who Saved the Earth (1926) | minor | Professor Williams explained to Charley about how the Earth's rotation was slowing and how in the distant future the same face of the Earth will always face the sun, just as the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth. |
| tng1x25 | minor | Dytallix B :: Dytallix B |
| tng2x10 | minor | Daled IV :: Salia's home planet |