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      },
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        "note": "In the synchronous rotation model underlying this concept, the rotation period equals the orbital period rather than having a universal numerical value."
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        "note": "Ice coverage is calculated as the fraction of modeled surface area covered by ice and has not been established observationally for this hypothetical planet type."
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        "Claim that life has been found on such a planet without evidence.",
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                    "text": "Which planets are likely locked?",
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                    "text": "Which uncertainties limit habitability claims?",
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                    "text": "How could phase curves or spectra test eyeball planet models?",
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                    "text": "Which telescopes could do it?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits a fictional planet?",
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    "Should tidal locking be a separate entry?",
    "How should exoplanet catalogues be linked?",
    "How should climate models be attributed?"
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