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First exoplanet confirmed to be tidally locked to its star.

LHS3844b is a large rocky planet revolving around a star located about 48.5 light years from Earth. It has been confirmed in recent study that it is tidally locked with its star.  The observations of intensities light reflected from it throughout it's transit around it's star could be used to estimate it's days-side surface temperature. It's surface temperature is estimated to be about 1300 degree Celsius. 
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