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origeveral.
One can imagine a moon of a gas giant exoplanet just beyond the snow line (the "too cold" line on most Habitable Zone diagrams) which is heated both from the star and tidal heating from the gas giant it orbits which might lead to a scene like this one:
originally posted by: mbkennel
origeveral.
One can imagine a moon of a gas giant exoplanet just beyond the snow line (the "too cold" line on most Habitable Zone diagrams) which is heated both from the star and tidal heating from the gas giant it orbits which might lead to a scene like this one:
With frequent Richter 11 earthquakes? Asteroid strikes from the debris entrained by the gas giant?
I think atmospheric properties (greenhouse effect) would be more potent and conducive to life than exceptional tidal heating.