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  • $\begingroup$ I don't think there's a subsolar point, on account of there being no Sun. $\endgroup$
    – elemtilas
    Commented Jul 5 at 2:16
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    $\begingroup$ @elemtilas There is "daylight radiation" that sweeps across the sea the subsolar "point" may in fact be a line across the whole plain but it does come and go and therefore must have a peak energy input intensity. $\endgroup$
    – Ash
    Commented Jul 5 at 2:36
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    $\begingroup$ A pretty fat line! We've only got 12 hours to fill 100 million miles worth of sky with light and warmth! $\endgroup$
    – elemtilas
    Commented Jul 5 at 3:16
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    $\begingroup$ @elemtilas So a very fast moving line, there will be very little weather whatsoever. $\endgroup$
    – Ash
    Commented Jul 5 at 3:23
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    $\begingroup$ The line/zone would be moving at 8.3 million miles per hour! $\endgroup$
    – nasch
    Commented Jul 5 at 16:46