| ▲ | Mistletoe 9 hours ago |
| If it was in the sun it would be incinerated and in the shade it would freeze right? |
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| ▲ | nine_k 8 hours ago | parent [-] |
| The other side would radiate, losing the heat. Earth, being in a similar position, is neither incinerated nor refrigerated, though different sides of it can be hot or cold. |
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| ▲ | 0_____0 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | Earth has the benefit of a thermal mass that's at least a couple times larger than your average terrarium. | | |
| ▲ | nitwit005 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Everything exposed to the sun will heat up until the energy it emits balances out the incoming energy. Being a larger mass just means an object will take longer to heat up. |
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