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Malicious-Monkey — Planting Our Feet
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Above: Astronauts Caroline Mercer and Nemo Hovsepian were the first to step onto Ilion's terminator, a region cast in permanent sunset.Below: A view of the sunlit portion of the tidally locked planet, taken by Commander Michael Vander from orbit.
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Why is it called the terminator? Sorry if this is answered elsewhere...
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That's the technical term for the place where the light side becomes the dark side. Earth has a terminator too, it's just always on the move. [link]
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