Etymology
Origin of dayside
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Its dayside was significantly cooler than researchers predicted for a dark, rocky planet orbiting so close to its star.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
With such a tight orbit, the planet is also likely to be tidally locked, with a dayside that faces the star at all times and a nightside in perpetual darkness.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
CNN on Monday announced its new programming lineup, which includes new roles for both veteran and up-and-coming anchors spanning the morning, dayside, primetime and weekend dayparts.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2023
A smeared-out thermal emission across both a world’s illuminated dayside and its dark nightside would suggest some medium for transporting heat from infalling starlight—that is, an atmosphere.
From Scientific American ● May 11, 2023
It was near the dusk of the 485-hour Venerian day, and the Twilight Gale already had arisen, sweeping from the comparatively chill Venerian nightside into the superheated dayside.
From Wind by Charles Louis Fontenay
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