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$\begingroup$ Why would liquid water keep a body from becoming tidally locked? Tidal locking happens because of a differential gravitational field acting on an elastic object. Having liquid water on an object won't stop it from being tidally slowed. Read through the Wikipedia page on tidal locking. $\endgroup$– PhiterosCommented Oct 22, 2017 at 2:01
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$\begingroup$ @Phiteros I don't know if this changes your mind at all on tidal locking, but I've added a 5th source that explains how atmospheres can also mitigate tidal locking. Also, I believe I tried to read about what exactly causes tidal locking on Wikipedia before, and had a really hard time of it. $\endgroup$– LanceLercherCommented Oct 22, 2017 at 2:15
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$\begingroup$ From reading that article, it looks like their argument is that strong fluid currents at the surface could counteract some of the tidal torque. So you'd have to specify that you would have global currents that were very fast. $\endgroup$– PhiterosCommented Oct 22, 2017 at 2:30
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