From: smithm@SPAMBLOCKnetapps.com.au.retro.com   
      
   On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 10:00:16 +1000   
   Ian Davis  wrote:   
      
   > How then can they still be thought to be icy as well as rocky, as   
   > recently reported?   
      
   I am not sure that they are. There has been some discussion of "Hot" gas   
   giants in close orbits around their primary.   
      
   One thing to note is that a solid planet in a very close orbit around its star   
   would be likely to have captured rotation (like the Moon around the Earth) so   
   the dark side would be _very_ cold and able to retain ice.   
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