Tidally locked and 227° C at zenith ok, but at nadir? If there is a substantial atmosphere the opposite side is being warmth by convection, but it would probably still be quite cold at nadir even an ice cap is possible...
This would all depend of the atmosphere this planet has; If it is CO2 than tough luck. Thanks to JWST we will be able to investigate this in just a few years, can't wait!

It's tidal locked..... and it has sunsets? That's an example of why these articles are always so stupid. This article has no value.... except it says that some university scientists got something published hoping for more grant money. That is the only thing that the reader can perceive as being likely true. They probably work at the university of Missouri.

It's tidal locked..... and it has sunsets? That's an example of why these articles are always so stupid. This article has no value.... except it says that some university scientists got something published hoping for more grant money. That is the only thing that the reader can perceive as being likely true. They probably work at the university of Missouri.

Haha. Well, the article said nothing about the axial precession of the of the planet, so maybe parts of it do have sunsets, in a manner of speaking. We see this kind of phenomenon on Earth, at the arctic and antarctic regions, which is why the sun doesn't set for part of the year, and doesn't rise for the other part.

Earth is not tidal locked with the sun. You do realize that???

Earth is not tidal locked with the sun. You do realize that???

You are missing the point I made. The earth undergoes an axial precession as it orbits the Sun. This, in turn, is responsible for the phenomenon of Polar Night/Day, in which precession is largely responsible for sunsets/sunrises in place of the usual rotation of the earth.

This kind of axial precession actually contributes to the libration of the moon, which just so happens to also be tidally locked with the Earth.

I am not saying that GJ 1132b does exhibit such an axial precession. I am just saying that it's possible.

The author might also be referring to the optical effects of viewing the sun from points near the edge between the dark side and the light side of the planet, or from viewing the sun while traveling around a circle of latitude. Either way, the important part is the optical effects, not semantics.