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royable

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6. I don't know about "much," but the general surface receives less solar radiance,

Reply to indigoth (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 24, 2023, 10:55 PM

Aug 2023

and indeed, the interiors of rimmed craters or other depressions would never receive direct sunlight. So there's a non-negligible *fraction* of the surface which doesn't receive direct sunlight. There's always starshine so it wouldn't be pitch dark within the crater.

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