Tidal obliquity evolution of potentially habitable planets · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1101.2156/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTTidal obliquity evolution of potentially habitable planets — mentioned by nabla9https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17125341urn:hackerpapers:mention:1101.2156:17125341Tue, 22 May 2018 12:15:54 GMT<p>The background for the article is &#x27;tilt erosion time&#x27; and the large number of tidally locked planets in the habitable zones of numerous low-mass stars. Many new discovered planets are tidally locked: Kepler-438b, Kepler-442b, K2-3d, K2-155d. It was previously assumed that tidally locked planets would not be habitable. New climate modeling seems to change this view. No snowball on habitable tidally locked planets https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.08904 Stabilizing Cloud Feedback Dramatically Expands the Habitable Zone of Tidally Locked Planets https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.0515 Tidal obliquity evolution…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1101.2156/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.EP