An eyeball planet is a hypothetical type of planet that's tidally locked to its star, meaning one side of it is always facing its star while the other is always facing away. As a result, one half of the planet is fiery while the other half is frozen.

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #406: Eyeball Planets.
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