I decided to organize my wanderings a bit better - so I'll be doing it in a quasi-story fashion. The first system, Athena - I made it myself. It's attached here. Without further ado....
From: RADM Lorren Syth, Coordinator, Royal Star Survey To: Sir Norris Tyrim, Minster of Space Exploration CC: Lynn Paulson, Press Office, MoSE. Time: 14:38, 9 Aug 3051 Subject: Launch of the HMSES Kepler -Summary *What follows has been given the green light for Kingdom-wide distribution.
<ATTACHMENT: HMSES Kepler InfoBlurb> HMSES Kepler Class: Kepler Class Explorer/2nd Rate Battlecarrier Builder: Newport News Spaceship Yards, Terra Orbit Ordered: 22 Nov 3043 Laid Down: 17 Feb 3044 Launched: 18 Oct 3050 Commissioned: 18 Apr 3051 Placed In Active Service: 16 Jun 3051
The Kepler is first in a new class of deep space explorers. Capable of operating in the far reaches of the galaxy for five years without support, there is no doubt the Kepler will make many scientific discoveries....
While the Kepler is on a peaceful mission, it is heavily armed against things that go bump in the night...
The Kepler left Gagarin Station on 19 Jun 3051. After a through shakedown in the Solar System, the Kelper began the trip to the Athena system on 3 Jul. The ship arrived late on the ninth, and docked with Athens Station in Elaia orbit early on the tenth. The crew of the Kepler went down to the Explorer’s Luxury Resort to join with the science crew, civilians and their families that had arrived the day before aboard the SS Queen Mary 3. Crews aboard Athens Station spent the next month provisioning the ship as well as installing the five large science modules.
The Kepler and her crew of 16,000 left Athens on 6 Aug. They spent the next 3 weeks doing a dress survey of Athena before departing for deep space on the twenty-fourth. They are planned to return in the middle of 3056. Currently, the Kepler is still in transit to its first destination, 1000 parsecs from Athena.
Royal Survey Planetary Classification System (RSPCS): Feedback on this would always be helpful
A: Asteroid. A body that is not large enough to achieve hydrostatic equilibrium. Can be appended with the type of asteroid the body resembles (AC, AS, AX, etc.) B: Barren. A rocky body that lacks an atmosphere. Examples: Mercury, Moon C: Carbon. A world made mostly of carbon or its allotropes (diamond, graphite, giant buckyballs...), with a possible metal core. D: Desert. A silicate/metal body with an atmosphere (at least 0.005 atm) with evidence of frozen water on the surface. Example: Mars E: Europan. A class I world with a thin ice crust and an ocean underneath. Example: Europa F: Iron. A planet that consists primarily of an iron-rich core with little or no mantle. G: Glacial. A silicate body with an atmosphere and with surface ices that are primarily not water. H: Hadean. A silicate planet with a molten surface. I: Icy. A planet with a ice crust and a icy/liquid mantle. May have a rocky core. Example: Triton J: Jovian. A gas giant. K: Snowball. A rocky planet encased fully in ice. May have an ocean underneath the ice. Examples: A 'snowball' Earth. L: Liquid/Oceanic. A body with a liquid surface covering a ice/liquid mantle. May or may not have a metal/silicate core. This is essentially a melted class I world. Example: Epsilon Indi B V N: Neptunian. An ice giant. P: Super-Jovian/Sub-Brown Dwarf. A gas giant with a mass approaching that of a brown dwarf. (6 Mj) R: Exotic Terran. A rocky body with liquid in quantity on the surface. S: Titanian. A icy body with a liquid ocean on the surface. Example: Titan T: Terran. A rocky body with liquid water in quantity on the surface. Example: Earth V: Venusian. A silicate body with an atmosphere (.005 atm+) without surface ice. Example: Venus U: Unknown. Z: Unclassifiable.
Temperature grades: After the classification letter, comes a number corresponding to the body's temperature. This number is (temp in K/50) rounded down. This means that a world that is temperate will have a grade of 5.
Other Important Features: b: Contains life. h: Has a human-breathable atmosphere. p: Is unusual is some matter – such as Venus's slow, retrograde revolution or Uranus' axis. r: Has rings. ?: Unsure classification. d: Dwarf planet/moon. (Precedes class. Assumed for class A bodies.)
A rating that describes a planet's current habitability. A: A near Earth twin. Humans can live on the surface without any technical assistance, save for possible vaccination against local viruses and bacteria. Example: Earth B: Humans can live, with notable difficulty, unassisted on the planet's surface. Technology such as supplemental oxygen or special heating or cooling arrangements are required to total comfort. (There is no such body in the Solar System) C: Humans cannot live on the planet's surface. Conditions are, however, less than hostile to the inhabitants, such as good temperatures or a atmospheric pressure high enough to require only a thin body suit with oxygen. Example: Pre-terraformed Mars D: Barren. The planet offers nothing for survival, yet does not present any special challenges beyond that. Examples: The Moon, Callisto, Triton F: Toxic. Conditions on the planet actively prevent habitability, such as extreme heat, radiation, or atmospheric pressure. Toxic components to the atmosphere are also part of this. Examples: Venus, Titan
<ATTACHMENT: Athena Report, 17 April 3050> Athena/ColStar 11/HIP18 56948/HD 101364/RESC 8865 System Summary: Athena is a G5 dwarf star that has been long been recognized as a 'solar twin' – that is, a star that is close to Sol in most aspects. Athena has 10 planets, in a Sol system type configuration – terrestrial bodies in the inner orbits with gas giants orbiting farther away. Other that the 4 bodies with life, the most interesting objects in the system are the Gorgons – a pair of gas giants that orbit around a common barycenter.
ESI: Earth Similarity Index (http://phl.upr.edu/projects/earth-similarity-index-esi) ESIA: Earth Similarity Index with Atmosphere (my own creation based on ESI)
Solar System Bodies Information: Star: Athena Stellar Class: G5V Distance from Sol: 211.9 ly Mass: 1.03 x Sol Diameter: 1,546,791 km (1.1112 x Sol) Luminosity: 1.15 x Sol Temperature: 5770 K (0.984 x Sol) Age: 4.71 Billion years Planets: 10 Notable Minor Bodies: 3 ======================== Planet: Promachos/Athena I Class: B17 - Barren Diameter: 6882.0 km (0.540 x Earth) Mass: 7.869568E+023 kg (0.132 x Earth) Density: 4.611 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.45g Escape Velocity: 5.524 km/s, 19885.6 km/h Rotation: 14 days, 14 hours, 38 minutes, 23 seconds Orbital Period: 14 days, 14 hours, 38 minutes, 23 seconds - Tidally Locked Orbital Distance: 0.107 AU (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 898.420K / 625.270C / 1157.486F Atmosphere: Trace Moons: None. ESI: 0.315 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: F Notes: Typical Mercury type planet.
Promachos with Cupurm and Arke in the background
============== Planet: Cuprum/Athena II Class: B13 - Barren Diameter: 4844.0 km (0.380 x Earth) Mass: 2.744166E+023 kg (0.046 x Earth) Density: 4.611 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.318g Escape Velocity: 3.888 km/s, 13996.6 km/h Rotation: 29 days, 5 hours, 15 minutes, 21 seconds Orbital Period: 29 days, 5 hours, 15 minutes, 21 seconds - Tidally Locked Orbital Distance: 0.156 AU (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 667.430K / 394.280C / 741.704F Atmosphere: Trace Moons: None. ESI: 0.394 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: F Notes: When first observed, the green hue of the planet reminded discovers of old copper. In reality, the color is caused by large surface deposits of olivine.
Green. M31 is visible in the background.
[spoiler] =================== Planet: Arke/Athena III Class: D15 - Desert Diameter: 20090.0 km (1.577 x Earth) Mass: 1.957687E+025 kg (3.278 x Earth) Density: 4.611 g/cm3 Gravity: 1.3126g Escape Velocity: 16.125 km/s, 58050.0 km/h Rotation: 43 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes, 45 seconds Orbital Period: 43 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes, 45 seconds - Tidally Locked Orbital Distance: 0.212 AU (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 790.170K / 517.020C / 962.636F Atmosphere: 2.8000 atm - 63% CO2, 32% N2, 2% H2O Moons: 2: Electra (5530km, B12), Iris (1930km, B11) ESI: 0.379 ESIA: 0.118 Habitability Class: F Notes: Despite the searing heat, Arke has a large ice cap on the dark side.
A family portrait - Arke is the cloud swirled planet. [spoiler]
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Planet: Glaukopis/Athena DP 1 Class: dB7 - Dwarf Barren Diameter: 930.0 km (0.073 x Earth) Mass: 1.911104E+021 kg (0.000 x Earth) Density: 4.538 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.061g Escape Velocity: 0.740 km/s, 2665.8 km/h Rotation: 2 days, 0 hours, 37 minutes, 26 seconds Orbital Period: 131 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes, 4 seconds - 64.688 local days. Orbital Distance: 0.53 AU (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 392.840K / 119.690C / 247.442F Atmosphere: None Moons: None. ESI: 0.402 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: F Notes: Largest Body of Athena's innermost asteroid belt.
A look at an odd area on the surface.
=================== Planet: Erichthonius/Athena IV Class: T5bh - Terran with life and breathable atmosphere Diameter: 12644.0 km (0.992 x Earth) Mass: 6.121505E+024 kg (1.025 x Earth) Density: 5.784 g/cm3 Gravity: 1.3216g Escape Velocity: 11.366 km/s, 40917.4 km/h Rotation: 16 hours, 7 minutes, 32 seconds Orbital Period: 244 days, 8 hours, 9 minutes, 36 seconds - 363.656 local days. Orbital Distance: 0.77 AU (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 260.000K / -13.150C / 8.330F Atmosphere: 0.8600 atm - 68% N2, 30% O2, 0.6% H2O, 0.3% Kr Moons: 4: Pandrosus (AC6, 596km), Aglaulus (AC6, 332km), Herse (AC6, 242km), Tritonis*(L6b, 8850km) ESI: 0.922 ESIA: 0.864 Habitability Class: A- Life: The ice age has taken a severe toll on biodiversity – most of the cold blooded land dwellers have died out. The highest life forms are bear-like mammals. Notes: Colonization Year: 2570. Total Population: 267,000 Industries: Mining, Science. Capital: Amundsen City (Population 132,713) The planet is coming out of a “snowball” period caused by a series of massive volcanic events roughly 68,000 years ago.
=Moon= Moon: Tritonis/Athena IVd Class: L6b - Liquid/Oceanic with life Diameter: 8850.0 km (0.695 x Earth) Mass: 6.868030E+023 kg (0.115 x Earth) Density: 1.892 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.23892g Escape Velocity: 4.551 km/s, 16381.9 km/h Rotation: 29 days, 11 hours, 15 minutes, 21 seconds Orbital Period: 29 days, 11 hours, 15 minutes, 21 seconds - Tidally Locked Orbital Distance: 403000 km (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 320.690K / 47.540C / 117.572F Atmosphere: 0.1600 atm - 48% N2, 22% CO2, 12% Kr, 6% O2, 5% H2O, 3% CH4, 1% H2S, 0.4% HCN ESI: 0.683 ESIA: 0.097 Habitability Class: F Life: Simple, but quite varied, microbes.
A shot of Erichthonius:
And Tritonis:
Tritonis-Rise on Erichthonius:
====================== Planet: Elaia/Athena V Class: T5bh - Terran with life and breathable atmosphere Diameter: 14446.0 km (1.134 x Earth) Mass: 7.572750E+024 kg (1.268 x Earth) Density: 4.797 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.98872g Escape Velocity: 11.827 km/s, 42576.9 km/h Rotation: 1 days, 0 hours, 1 minutes, 26 seconds Orbital Period: 1 years, 0 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes, 48 seconds (1.000 years) - 364.732 local days. Orbital Distance: 1.073 AU (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 286.130K / 12.980C / 55.364F Atmosphere: 1.0200 atm - 73% N2, 23% O2, 1.3% Kr Moons: 1: Labrys (D4, 5789km). 1 major artificial: Athens Station. ESI: 0.963 ESIA: 0.960 Habitability Class: A Life: Elaia has biodiversity rivaling Earth's. Mammals occupy the highest niches. A notable mammal is the Octorse - which reminds people of a horse with eight legs. Notes: Colonization Year: 2488. Total Population: 1,392,939,000 Industries: Heavy Industry, Agriculture, Tourism Capital: Olympus City, population 6,390,000 An spitting image of Earth, Elaia has attracted colonists faster than any other planet.
Elaia sitting over the Milky Way:
Elaia with Labrys:
Olympia Bay, where Olympus city is:
The Liu Strait:
The view from Mt. Seraph, on an island in the Liu Strait:
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Planet: Erecththeum/Athena DP 2 Class: B2 - Barren Diameter: 2055.0 km (0.161 x Earth) Mass: 4.213208E+021 kg (0.001 x Earth) Density: 0.927 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.061g Escape Velocity: 0.740 km/s, 2662.7 km/h Rotation: 2 days, 0 hours, 37 minutes, 26 seconds Orbital Period: 6 years, 342 days, 8 hours, 52 minutes, 48 seconds (6.937 years) - 1249.939 local days. Orbital Distance: 3.399 AU (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 147.220K / -125.930C / -194.674F Atmosphere: None Moons: None. ESI: 0.240 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: D Notes: Largest body in Athena's second asteroid belt.
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Planet: Hecate/Athena VI Class: J2r - Ringed Jovian Diameter: 144777.2 km (11.362 x Earth) Mass: 3.393502E+027 kg (568.216 x Earth / 1.788 x Jupiter) Density: 2.136 g/cm3 Gravity: 4.4113g Escape Velocity: 79.085 km/s, 284704.7 km/h Rotation: 9 hours, 54 minutes, 0 seconds Orbital Period: 14 years, 198 days, 22 hours, 12 minutes, 0 seconds (14.542 years) - 12870.121 local days. Orbital Distance: 6.038 AU (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 110.740K / -162.410C / -260.338F Moons: 8: Lagina (D2, 11631km), Asteria (B2, 3770km), Aeetes (I1, 5704km), Triodia (I1, 1704km), Apotropaia (B2, 3370km), Propulaia (I1, 23116km), Enodia (B2, 1170km)
Hecate as seen from Lagina's surface:
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Planet: Pallas Athena/Athena VII Class: J1 - Jovian Diameter: 78391.7 km (6.152 x Earth) Mass: 2.603874E+026 kg (43.600 x Earth / 0.137 x Jupiter) Density: 1.032 g/cm3 Gravity: 1.1545g Escape Velocity: 29.771 km/s, 107175.5 km/h Rotation: 18 hours, 36 minutes, 0 seconds Orbital Period: 40 years, 40 days, 12 hours, 21 minutes, 35 seconds (40.110 years) - 18890.987 local days. Orbital Distance: 11.9 AU (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 69.154K / -203.996C / -335.193F Moons: 2: Palladium* (E1b, 3716km), Porus (I1, 896km)
=Moon=
Moon: Palladium/Athena VIIa Class: E1b - Europan with life Diameter: 3716.0 km (0.292 x Earth) Mass: 6.644073E+022 kg (0.011 x Earth) Density: 2.473 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.1311g Escape Velocity: 2.184 km/s, 7863.2 km/h Rotation: 15 hours, 38 minutes, 52 seconds Orbital Period: 15 hours, 38 minutes, 52 seconds - Tidally Locked Orbital Distance: 110000 km (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 59.753K / -213.397C / -352.115F Atmosphere: None ESI: 0.146 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: D Life: Thick bacterial mats around deep hot water plumes.
Pallas Athena and Palladium (can you tell which is which? :):
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Planet: Harmonia/Athena VIII Class: N1 - Neptunian Diameter: 118321.3 km (9.286 x Earth) Mass: 1.110016E+028 kg (1858.638 x Earth / 5.848 x Jupiter) Density: 12.798 g/cm3 Gravity: 21.603g Escape Velocity: 158.216 km/s, 569578.8 km/h Rotation: 1 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes, 11 seconds Orbital Period: 119 years, 104 days, 18 hours, 7 minutes, 12 seconds (119.285 years) - 43323.638 local days. Orbital Distance: 24.430 AU (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 52.631K / -220.519C / -364.934F Moons: 3: Semele (I1, 6310km), Polydorus(I1, 930km), Ino (I1, 684km)
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Planet: Arachne/Athena IX Class: I0 - Icy Diameter: 27491.9 km (2.158 x Earth) Mass: 1.110829E+025 kg (1.860 x Earth) Density: 1.021 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.90099g Escape Velocity: 10.383 km/s, 37380.2 km/h Rotation: 18 hours, 7 minutes, 12 seconds Orbital Period: 322 years, 163 days, 21 hours, 14 minutes, 24 seconds (322.447 years) - 155885.940 local days. Orbital Distance: 47.673 AU (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 31.000K / -242.150C / -403.870F Atmosphere: 0.2500 atm Moons: 1: Envy (I0, 6310km) ESI: 0.069 ESIA: 0.023 Habitability Class: D
Arachne and Envy -
=============== Planet: Medusa/Athena X Class: N0 - Neptunian Diameter: 140709.0 km (11.043 x Earth) Mass: 4.689745E+027 kg (785.263 x Earth / 2.471 x Jupiter) Density: 3.215 g/cm3 Gravity: 6.45358g Escape Velocity: 94.304 km/s, 339495.8 km/h Rotation: 12 hours, 7 minutes, 11 seconds Orbital Period: 722 years, 238 days, 8 hours, 16 minutes, 48 seconds (722.652 years) - 522325.526 local days. Orbital Distance: 79.5 AU (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 24.726K / -248.424C / -415.163F Moons: 2: Euryale (I0, 2310km), Stheno (N0, 142756km) Notes: An odd double gas giant - Stheno is larger than Medusa, but only about a fifth as massive.
The Medusa moon system:
=========== Planet: Arcadia/Athena DP 3 Class: dI0 - Dwarf Icy Diameter: 10333.6 km (0.811 x Earth) Mass: 1.672216E+024 kg (0.280 x Earth) Density: 2.894 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.42668g Escape Velocity: 6.571 km/s, 23656.0 km/h Rotation: 11 hours, 36 minutes, 0 seconds Orbital Period: 12850 years, 300 days, 9 hours, 28 minutes, 48 seconds (12850.822 years) - 9704587.024 local days. Orbital Distance: 447.701 AU (as of date of survey) Surface Temperature: 12.000K / -261.150C / -438.070F Atmosphere: Trace Moons: 1: Alea (A0, 74km) ESI: 0.025 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: D Notes: Largest body of Athena's Oort Cloud. Has an apastron of 1080 AU.
It would be nice if you added the planet designation numbers as well, there maybe some other intrepid explorers here that would love to venture into your newly charted regions of space...
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Pistoleer, interesting. You make some mistakes in the planets classification. For examples moons of Erichthonius are classified as asteroids, but they have a spherical shape and a big diameter. Some of the gas giants are classified as ice giant (but have a mass greater than Jupiter)...
----- Two new additions to the planet class features: !: A must see a: Extreme Axial Tilt ----
Captain's Log, December 11th, 3051 - We arrive at Deneb tomorrow. A visit to Deneb first wasn't planned when we left 4 months ago, but the science crew requested that we should stop there first. “We could learn a lot from studying a supergiant up close,” I remember Director Cannres saying to me. Given that Deneb was only 2 weeks farther away than what we originally planned, I agreed. Granted, we can't go deep into the system, and we'll likely lose a few probes, but – we have plenty.
Morale on board remains high, and has been buoyed even higher by our imminent arrival. I think I've gotten invitations to every arrival party in the habitat. Although I have much to do to prepare for tomorrow, I think I'll pop in to a few just to show my face.
Deneb/Alpha Cygni/50 Cyg/ HD 197345/HIP 102098 System Summary: The 19th brightest star in Terra's sky, Deneb is one the brightest A-type stars in the galaxy. Marking the tail of Cygnus, the swan, it is also part of the Summer Triangle with Altair and Vega. Hikers on Mars learn the Deneb is their north star, not Polaris like on Terra.
(And if you need a bookmark to get to Deneb... well, what can I say?)
Stellar Class: A2 Ia (Variable) Distance from Sol: 1450 ly – Estimated in RL, in SE it's closer to 3200 ly. Mass: 20 x Sol Diameter: 112 x Sol Luminosity: 54000 x Sol Temperature: 8525 K Age: 2.23 Million Years Planets: 7 Notable Minor Bodies: 1
System Layout:
======================================= Planet: Deneb I Class: N40a - Tilted Neptunian Diameter: 76457.0 km (6.000 x Earth) Mass: 2.290293E+026 kg (38.349 x Earth / 0.121 x Jupiter) Density: 0.979 g/cm3 Gravity: 1.066g (10.458 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 28.272 km/s, 101778.8 km/h Rotation: 15 hours, 51 minutes, 3.0 seconds --- Orbital Period: 2 years, 51 days, 13 hours, 18 minutes, 29.7 seconds - 1180.865 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 8.7153 AU Periapsis: 9.0352 AU Apoapsis: 8.3953 AU Eccentricity: 0.03670792 --- Surface Temperature: 2014.00K / 1740.85C / 3165.53F Moons: 5: a(B40, 970km), b(B40, 1126km), c(B40, 2012km), d(A40, 58km), e(A40, 101km) Notes: Has a -100 degree axial tilt.
I'm changing it up a bit - only going to post pictures of things that are interesting. After, you've seen one gas giant, you've seen them all. Also, the moon chart of the last planet is a test.
An announcement posted in the ship's onboard newspaper, the Kepler Courier, on January 27th 3052: Naming Ceremony Tomorrow! Now that the ship has left Deneb, we need a name for the next, unnamed star we visit. Submit your names to names@local.kepler by tomorrow at 1500! Remember, anyone aboard, from the Captain to the youngest member of the crew can submit a name!
System's Provisional Name: Tingyi Type: Binary Date of Survey: 17 Feb – 29 Feb 3052 Royal Survey Number: RS 8404-86-7-1638707-721 Kepler Survey Number: 1KMS-2 Kepler Survey Probe Number: 1KPS-16 Hippocaros-18 Catalog Number: HIP18 18585812 Distance from Sol: 3181.7 ly Distance from Deneb: 47.2 ly
Bodies Around AB: Planets: 6 Minor Bodies: 1 Bodies with Life: 6
Tingyi A Stellar Class: G9V Mass: 0.826 x Sol Diameter: 0.863 x Sol Luminosity: 0.467 x Sol Temperature: 5410 K Age: 3.70 Billion Years
Tingyi B Stellar Class: K5V Mass: 0.610 x Sol Diameter: 0.858 x Sol Luminosity: 0.138 x Sol Temperature: 4350 K Age: 3.70 Billion Years
Navigational Bookmark:
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Place "KMS 1" { Body "RS 8404-86-7-1638707-721" Parent "" Pos (-0.0002656345127434179, 0.000595478906234348, 0.0002014376532883944) Rot (0.5219820013257652, -0.1676308102903784, -0.5695100932253399, -0.6124483287982789) Date "3052.02.01 18:58:57.51" Vel 2.1556718e-006 Mode 1 }
Pictures (No more spoiler tags, Yay!)
A interesting crater on Id - led to this conversation: Researcher: "That looks like a bulls-eye God would use." Head Researcher: "If it is His, he needs to aim better."
A Tingyi-rise on IIc:
A Tingyi-set on II - also in the frame, Deneb.
The three terras of the Tingyi II system:
The twin Oceanic worlds of III and IIIa:
Tingyi IVb:
Planet: Tingyi I Class: N9a - Tilted Neptunian Diameter: 69757.9 km (5.475 x Earth) Mass: 1.477609E+026 kg (24.741 x Earth) Density: 0.831 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.826g (8.105 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 23.774 km/s, 85586.2 km/h Rotation: 20 hours, 44 minutes, 18.0 seconds --- Orbital Period: 192 days, 8 hours, 11 minutes, 11.8 seconds - 221.985 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 0.7359 AU Periapsis: 0.7857 AU Apoapsis: 0.6861 AU Eccentricity: 0.06768766 --- Surface Temperature: 480.33K / 207.18C / 404.92F Moons: 4: a(B9, 839km), b(A9, 10km), c(B9, 611km), d(B9, 425km) ===============================
Planet: Tingyi DP1 Class: dB6 - Dwarf Barren Diameter: 2132.4 km (0.167 x Earth) Mass: 3.435745E+022 kg (0.006 x Earth) Density: 6.767 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.206g (2.017 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 2.073 km/s, 7464.4 km/h Rotation: 1 days, 22 hours, 49 minutes, 2.9 seconds --- Orbital Period: 1 years, 113 days, 4 hours, 40 minutes, 58.0 seconds - 244.934 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 1.3510 AU Periapsis: 1.9771 AU Apoapsis: 0.7248 AU Eccentricity: 0.4634838 --- Surface Temperature: 307.18K / 34.03C / 93.25F Atmosphere: None Moons: 1: B6, 777km ESI: 0.634 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: D Notes: Tidally locked with its moon. =========================================== Planet: Tingyi II Class: T5bp - Peculiar Terran with life Diameter: 22613.2 km (1.775 x Earth) Mass: 5.232156E+025 kg (8.761 x Earth) Density: 8.642 g/cm3 Gravity: 2.785g (27.311 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 24.847 km/s, 89449.9 km/h Rotation: 9 hours, 35 minutes, 34.3 seconds --- Orbital Period: 3 years, 22 days, 19 hours, 46 minutes, 54.7 seconds - 2790.821 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 2.3798 AU Periapsis: 2.4388 AU Apoapsis: 2.3207 AU Eccentricity: 0.02479935 --- Surface Temperature: 265.32K / -7.83C / 17.91F Atmosphere: 0.3217 atm - 65% O2, 33% N2 Moons: 8, 2 with life: a(T5b, 5391km, 0.313 ESIA), b(D5, 4919km), c(B5, 5104km), d(T6, 3635km), e(T5b, 3298km, 0.038 EISA), f(B5, 3343km), g(T7, 2992km), h(A5, 12km) ESI: 0.775 ESIA: 0.193 Habitability Class: F Life: Currently, Tingyi II is at the beginning of land colonization – the shores are home to a wide variety of amphibians. Interestingly, all life in the Tinygi II system (including the fossilized life found on Tingyi IIb) shares a common ancestor. Notes: Rotates retrograde. ============================================== Planet: Tingyi III Class: L4br - Ringed Liquid/Oceanic with life Diameter: 19473.4 km (1.528 x Earth) Mass: 1.833323E+025 kg (3.070 x Earth) Density: 4.742 g/cm3 Gravity: 1.316g (12.904 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 15.850 km/s, 57058.4 km/h Rotation: 6 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes, 13.0 seconds --- Orbital Period: 9 years, 347 days, 9 hours, 31 minutes, 36.8 seconds - 525.807 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 5.2207 AU Periapsis: 5.3293 AU Apoapsis: 5.1122 AU Eccentricity: 0.02079228 --- Surface Temperature: 248.03K / -25.12C / -13.22F Atmosphere: 100.1744 atm Moons: 1 with life: L3b, 10388.85km, 0.298 EISA ESI: 0.822 ESIA: 0.007 Habitability Class: F Life: Analyzable samples unable to be attained due to atmosphere pressure. The moon's highest form of life is microbes. Notes: Tidally locked to a. ======================================
Planet: Tingyi IV Class: I2a - Tilted Icy Diameter: 16725.8 km (1.313 x Earth) Mass: 6.546863E+024 kg (1.096 x Earth) Density: 2.672 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.637g (6.247 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 10.220 km/s, 36791.2 km/h Rotation: 20 hours, 29 minutes, 17.5 seconds --- Orbital Period: 19 years, 262 days, 17 hours, 42 minutes, 55.4 seconds - 8413.816 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 8.2366 AU Periapsis: 8.7185 AU Apoapsis: 7.7547 AU Eccentricity: 0.0585068 --- Surface Temperature: 145.43K / -127.72C / -197.90F Atmosphere: 0.2964 atm Moons: 9, 1 with life: a(I2, 4488km), b(T4b, 2930km, 0.170 ESIA), c(I2, 2986km), d(I2, 3090km), e(D3, 3045km), 4 dwarf (f,g,h,i) ESI: 0.497 ESIA: 0.127 Habitability Class: D Notes: Moon b has large areas covered with hardy lichens. =======================================================
Planet: Tingyi V Class: I2 - Icy Diameter: 9319.3 km (0.731 x Earth) Mass: 2.351219E+024 kg (0.394 x Earth) Density: 5.548 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.737g (7.226 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 8.205 km/s, 29537.6 km/h Rotation: 19 hours, 19 minutes, 28.1 seconds --- Orbital Period: 52 years, 137 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes, 30.5 seconds - 23693.788 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 15.7970 AU Periapsis: 16.4544 AU Apoapsis: 15.1396 AU Eccentricity: 0.04161478 --- Surface Temperature: 103.86K / -169.29C / -272.72F Atmosphere: 0.0025 atm Moons: 10: a(I2, 838km), b(I2, 727km), 8 dwarf(c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j) ESI: 0.391 ESIA: 0.001 Habitability Class: D ===================================================
Planet: Tingyi VI Class: J1apr - Ringed Peculiar Tilted Jovian Diameter: 124139.4 km (9.743 x Earth) Mass: 3.718729E+026 kg (62.267 x Earth / 0.196 x Jupiter) Density: 0.371 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.657g (6.441 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 28.272 km/s, 101780.2 km/h Rotation: 16 hours, 21 minutes, 4.7 seconds --- Orbital Period: 141 years, 148 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes, 15.6 seconds - 75600.576 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 30.6290 AU Periapsis: 33.1070 AU Apoapsis: 28.1510 AU Eccentricity: 0.08090463 --- Surface Temperature: 73.11K / -200.04C / -328.07F Moons: 8
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Moon Class DiaKm MassE Notes a I1 2101 0.002 b I1 2020 0.001 c I1 1389 0.001 d I1 1410 0.0007 e I1 1425 0.0005 f I1 835 0.0003 g I1 881 0.0001 h I1 756 >0.0001
Notes: Uh, SpaceEngineer? An axial tilt of -470 degrees?
Life Complexity Index (LCI): A simple measure of the complexity of life on a planet, ranging from 1 - the simplest of bacteria, to 10 - sentience. Less than an LCI of 5 means that the land has not be colonized by animals. I'll work on expanding this later - this is just so I don't have to explain life on every planet... I'm not that imaginative.
From the offical Kepler's website FAQ: How do you choose what system to visit? Surely you can't visit them all! The Kepler carries about 100 FTL probes just for this reason. We send them out as we visit one system, and we choose the most interesting system that the probes found as our next destination.
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Place "KMS 2" { Body "RS 8404-86-8-13110537-399 A3" Parent "" Pos (-4.841681642869384e-010, -7.812757618393407e-011, 5.366732699583445e-010) Rot (-0.05258704855618222, 0.9561191159276188, -0.04364656624546441, -0.284896149038415) Date "3052.02.01 18:58:57.50" Vel 9.6439133e-012 Mode 1 }
System's Provisional Name: Kynance Type: Binary Date of Survey: 6 Mar 3052 - 23 Mar 3052 Royal Survey Number: RS 8404-86-8-13110537-399 Kepler Survey Number: 1KMS-3 Kepler Survey Probe Number: 1KPS-118 Hippocaros-18 Catalog Number: HIP18 18108861 Distance from Sol: 3173.8 ly Distance from Deneb: 54.8 ly Distance from Tingyi: 9.326 ly Total Distance Travelled: 56.52 ly
Bodies Around A: Planets: 7 Minor Bodies: 1 Bodies with Life: 3
Bodies Around B: Planets: 7 Minor Bodies: 1 Bodies with Life: 2
Bodies Around AB: Planets: 1
Totals: Planets: 15 Minor Bodies: 2 Bodies with Life: 5
Pictures: A simulation of the approach of B III and IV at 1 million km on Mar 9, 3075:
Kynance A II [img]http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3764/kms2p2na3.jpg/[/img]
Kynance A III and IIIb
Kynance A IIId
Kynance A VII
The view from B V with both A and moon a pictured.
My first thought was 'chocolate!' Hence the name I gave it, Hershey.
Kynance A Stellar Class: K3V Mass: 0.667 x Sol Diameter: 0.789 x Sol Luminosity: 0.200 x Sol Temperature: 4730 K Age: 6.32 Billion Years
Kynance B Stellar Class: M0V Mass: 0.450 x Sol Diameter: 0.810 x Sol Luminosity: 0.04 x Sol Temperature: 3850 K Age: 6.32 Billion Years
=================================== Planet: Kynance A I Class: B11 - Barren Diameter: 4192.3 km (0.329 x Earth) Mass: 1.905439E+023 kg (0.032 x Earth) Density: 4.939 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.295g (2.894 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 3.483 km/s, 12537.0 km/h Rotation: 17 days, 5 hours, 0 minutes, 9.4 seconds --- Orbital Period: 17 days, 5 hours, 0 minutes, 9.4 seconds - Tidally Locked Semi-Major Axis: 0.1141 AU Periapsis: 0.1227 AU Apoapsis: 0.1055 AU Eccentricity: 0.07526448 --- Surface Temperature: 557.28K / 284.13C / 543.43F Atmosphere: None Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a B11 595 >0.001
ESI: 0.458 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: F
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Planet: Kynance A DP 1 Class: dB9 - Dwarf Barren Diameter: 1920.3 km (0.151 x Earth) Mass: 2.498921E+022 kg (0.004 x Earth) Density: 6.739 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.184g (1.809 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 1.863 km/s, 6708.2 km/h Rotation: 32 days, 5 hours, 10 minutes, 22.1 seconds --- Orbital Period: 32 days, 5 hours, 10 minutes, 22.1 seconds - Tidally Locked Semi-Major Axis: 0.1733 AU Periapsis: 0.1826 AU Apoapsis: 0.1640 AU Eccentricity: 0.05374469 --- Surface Temperature: 465.45K / 192.30C / 378.14F Atmosphere: None Moons: None. ESI: 0.443 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: F
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Planet: Kynance A II Class: T7b - Terran with life Diameter: 14955.4 km (1.174 x Earth) Mass: 1.715618E+025 kg (2.873 x Earth) Density: 9.795 g/cm3 Gravity: 2.088g (20.474 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 17.496 km/s, 62984.2 km/h Rotation: 86 days, 7 hours, 53 minutes, 56.5 seconds --- Orbital Period: 86 days, 7 hours, 53 minutes, 56.5 seconds - Tidally Locked Semi-Major Axis: 0.3344 AU Periapsis: 0.3578 AU Apoapsis: 0.3109 AU Eccentricity: 0.07013929 --- Surface Temperature: 350.75K / 77.60C / 171.68F Atmosphere: 0.7622 atm - High levels of Methane. Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a B6 1452 0.001 b A6 74 <0.001 c B6 1570 0.001
ESI: 0.750 ESIA: 0.342 Habitability Class: D Notes: Aerorobic bateria never evovled - leaving life at a primodal state. LCI 1.5.
================================= Planet: Kynance A III Class: J5 - Jovian Diameter: 126143.2 km (9.900 x Earth) Mass: 4.098262E+026 kg (68.622 x Earth / 0.216 x Jupiter) Density: 0.390 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.701g (6.875 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 29.443 km/s, 105995.8 km/h Rotation: 20 hours, 43 minutes, 14.8 seconds --- Orbital Period: 175 days, 19 hours, 36 minutes, 20.3 seconds - 203.088 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 0.5372 AU Periapsis: 0.5880 AU Apoapsis: 0.4865 AU Eccentricity: 0.09445305 --- Surface Temperature: 261.53K / -11.62C / 11.08F Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a A5 19 <0.001 b T5b 2971 0.01 0.369 ESIA, LCI 6 c B5 1407 0.001 d T5b 3512 0.01 0.034 ESIA, LCI 4 e B5 1480 0.001
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Planet: Kynance A IV Class: N4a - Tilted Neptunian Diameter: 74701.5 km (5.863 x Earth) Mass: 2.040619E+026 kg (34.169 x Earth / 0.108 x Jupiter) Density: 0.935 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.995g (9.761 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 26.998 km/s, 97193.4 km/h Rotation: 16 hours, 28 minutes, 51.9 seconds --- Orbital Period: 1 years, 120 days, 6 hours, 36 minutes, 41.5 seconds - 705.088 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 1.0575 AU Periapsis: 1.1412 AU Apoapsis: 0.9737 AU Eccentricity: 0.07921968 --- Surface Temperature: 207.59K / -65.56C / -86.01F Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a A4 38 <0.001 b B4 4031 0.028 c B4 1536 0.001 d B4 260 <0.001 e B4 1604 0.001 f B4 407 <0.001
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Planet: Kynance A V Class: N3p - Peculiar Neptunian Diameter: 64069.1 km (5.028 x Earth) Mass: 1.016822E+026 kg (17.026 x Earth) Density: 0.738 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.674g (6.612 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 20.579 km/s, 74083.1 km/h Rotation: 19 hours, 31 minutes, 55.9 seconds --- Orbital Period: 2 years, 185 days, 23 hours, 42 minutes, 56.5 seconds - 1123.034 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 1.6151 AU Periapsis: 1.7400 AU Apoapsis: 1.4902 AU Eccentricity: 0.07732003 --- Surface Temperature: 164.28K / -108.87C / -163.97F Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a A3 11 <0.001 b A3 94 <0.001 c B3 794 <0.001 d B3 2113 0.002 e B3 850 <0.001 f B3 2211 0.002 g A3 17 <0.001 h A3 124 <0.001
Planet: Kynance A VI Class: F2 - Iron Diameter: 18472.5 km (1.450 x Earth) Mass: 3.739071E+025 kg (6.261 x Earth) Density: 11.329 g/cm3 Gravity: 2.982g (29.248 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 23.240 km/s, 83664.2 km/h Rotation: 2 days, 10 hours, 40 minutes, 29.2 seconds --- Orbital Period: 8 years, 14 days, 3 hours, 11 minutes, 1.7 seconds - 1200.354 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 3.5100 AU Periapsis: 3.8070 AU Apoapsis: 3.2130 AU Eccentricity: 0.08461322 --- Surface Temperature: 116.53K / -156.62C / -249.92F Atmosphere: 0.0805 atm Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a F2? 7598 0.204 5.320 g/cm3
ESI: 0.373 ESIA: 0.031 Habitability Class: F Notes: Has a very thin icy crust covering a dense iron center. Is tidally locked to its moon. ========================================== Planet: Kynance A VII Class: D2ar - Ringed Tilted Desert Diameter: 12286.2 km (0.964 x Earth) Mass: 5.834342E+024 kg (0.977 x Earth) Density: 6.008 g/cm3 Gravity: 1.052g (10.317 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 11.257 km/s, 40523.6 km/h Rotation: 15 hours, 29 minutes, 9.7 seconds --- Orbital Period: 16 years, 181 days, 1 hours, 54 minutes, 6.3 seconds - 9311.867 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 5.6680 AU Periapsis: 6.0157 AU Apoapsis: 5.3202 AU Eccentricity: 0.061349 --- Surface Temperature: 141.39K / -131.76C / -205.17F Atmosphere: 2.4025 atm Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a I1 2683 0.0043 b I1 585 <0.001 c I1 2803 0.0049 d I1 776 <0.001 e A1 64 <0.001 f A1 7 <0.001 g A1 70 <0.001
ESI: 0.550 ESIA: 0.178 Habitability Class: D-
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a B12 3652 0.020
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Planet: Kynance B II Class: N8 - Neptunian Diameter: 78935.2 km (6.195 x Earth) Mass: 2.700204E+026 kg (45.213 x Earth / 0.142 x Jupiter) Density: 1.049 g/cm3 Gravity: 1.180g (11.567 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 30.212 km/s, 108763.6 km/h Rotation: 30 days, 8 hours, 50 minutes, 12.1 seconds --- Orbital Period: 30 days, 8 hours, 50 minutes, 12.1 seconds - Tidally Locked Semi-Major Axis: 0.1461 AU Periapsis: 0.1462 AU Apoapsis: 0.1459 AU Eccentricity: 0.001183886 --- Surface Temperature: 423.30K / 150.15C / 302.27F Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a B8 3047 0.011 b B8 1282 <0.001
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a B6 1311 <0.001 b L8 4084 0.019 c B6 1370 0.001 d A6 3 <0.001
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Planet: Kynance B IV Class: N3a - Tilted Neptunian Diameter: 60429.5 km (4.743 x Earth) Mass: 7.967381E+025 kg (13.341 x Earth) Density: 0.690 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.594g (5.824 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 18.756 km/s, 67523.3 km/h Rotation: 1 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes, 1.9 seconds --- Orbital Period: 251 days, 5 hours, 3 minutes, 15.0 seconds - 250.682 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 0.5974 AU Periapsis: 0.9598 AU Apoapsis: 0.2350 AU Eccentricity: 0.6066072 --- Surface Temperature: 183.36K / -89.79C / -129.62F Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a B3 503 <0.001 b B3 1441 0.001 c B3 547 <0.001 d B3 1507 0.0014
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a L5b 7053 0.083 LCI 2
ESI: 0.821 ESIA: 0.005 Habitability Class: F Life: LCI 2 Notes: Tidally locked to its moon. =================================== Planet: Kynance B VI Class: D2ar - Ringed Tilted Desert Diameter: 11894.6 km (0.933 x Earth) Mass: 3.416619E+024 kg (0.572 x Earth) Density: 3.877 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.657g (6.446 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 8.755 km/s, 31516.9 km/h Rotation: 1 days, 6 hours, 27 minutes, 27.9 seconds --- Orbital Period: 3 years, 12 days, 11 hours, 53 minutes, 52.6 seconds - 872.746 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 1.6069 AU Periapsis: 1.7260 AU Apoapsis: 1.4878 AU Eccentricity: 0.07412054 --- Surface Temperature: 148.96K / -124.19C / -191.54F Atmosphere: 0.0358 atm Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a D2 5934 0.049
ESI: 0.542 ESIA: 0.019 Habitability Class: D =================================== Planet: Kynance B VII Class: I2p - Peculiar Icy Diameter: 6653.7 km (0.522 x Earth) Mass: 5.351703E+023 kg (0.090 x Earth) Density: 3.470 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.329g (3.227 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 4.633 km/s, 16677.6 km/h Rotation: 1 days, 3 hours, 33 minutes, 26.3 seconds --- Orbital Period: 5 years, 230 days, 8 hours, 54 minutes, 20.9 seconds - 1790.468 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 2.4266 AU Periapsis: 2.4641 AU Apoapsis: 2.3891 AU Eccentricity: 0.01545872 --- Surface Temperature: 121.61K / -151.54C / -240.77F Atmosphere: None Moons:
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ESI: 0.389 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: D Notes: Rotates retrograde. ================================== Planet: Kynance B DP 1/Hershey Class: dI2a - Tilted Dwarf Icy Diameter: 3547.9 km (0.278 x Earth) Mass: 7.677490E+022 kg (0.013 x Earth) Density: 3.283 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.166g (1.628 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 2.403 km/s, 8650.6 km/h Rotation: 1 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, 39.9 seconds --- Orbital Period: 10 years, 227 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes, 1.2 seconds - 2475.272 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 3.7047 AU Periapsis: 3.9294 AU Apoapsis: 3.4800 AU Eccentricity: 0.06065177 --- Surface Temperature: 104.24K / -168.91C / -272.04F Atmosphere: None Moons: None. ESI: 0.284 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: D Notes: If it were only really made of chocolate.... ====================================== Planet: Kynance AB I Class: N0p - Peculiar Neptunian Diameter: 68917.1 km (5.409 x Earth) Mass: 1.398669E+026 kg (23.420 x Earth) Density: 0.816 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.802g (7.860 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 23.271 km/s, 83775.0 km/h Rotation: 18 hours, 17 minutes, 55.7 seconds --- Orbital Period: 19515 years, 284 days, 21 hours, 15 minutes, 49.0 seconds - 9323249.061 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 752.7390 AU Periapsis: 757.1509 AU Apoapsis: 748.3271 AU Eccentricity: 0.005861132 --- Surface Temperature: 15.03K / -258.12C / -432.61F Moons:
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-More speculations on the life of the planets -What kinds there are and perhaps what types of life would be favorable for the different environments -Summary of each voyage -Mechanical failures / Probes mysteriously disappearing
================================================================================ LCI, examples: 10: Sentience 9: Large Warmblooded Animals 8: Small Warmblooded Animals 7: Large Coldblooded Animals 6: Small Coldblooded Animals 5: Land Plants/Ambiphians 4: Complex Fish 3: Simple Fish/Shellfish/etc. 2: Jellyfish 1: Single Celled Life Posted in the Cheyenne Tribune-Eagle's blog, July 12, 3051: This whole adventure started on a lark. I heard about the three openings on the Kepler for journalists from my colleagues at the newspaper. I quickly filled out an application, submitted it, and then quickly forgot about it. After all, I'm a reporter for a small town newspaper. Why would the ministry give me a second look? You can picture my shock when I got a call from the Ministry of Space Exploration inviting me to Amsterdam for a face to face interview. I accepted. At least it would be a chance to see the sights - the changing of the guard at Windsor-Orange Palace, Parliament, maybe a tube ride to Paris - just a nice free vacation. I can't talk about the interview, but I was asked to remain in Amsterdam for a few more days. When I was summoned back, I met with the Ministries sub-director. The first word out of his mouth was 'Congratulations', and he handed my a first-class ticket to Nice and a government stamped credit card. I had only just managed to get over my shock when I arrived at the MoSE's training center outside of Nice. Over the next month, I sat in classes for eight hours a day - learning the layout of the Kepler, the ship's regulations, space safety, how to put out fires, and quite a bit more. There weren't many people there - the reporters where the last ones to get trained, appearently. I did meet my fellow reporter shipmates - Gerrard Dubois of TCBN and Nia May of the Times of London. After a month back at home to pack and put things in order, I boarded the Queen Mary 3 bound for Elaia. If you haven't been on a cruise ship like the QM3, you should try to sometime. Standing on the pitch black deck, with nothing between you and the stars except for a force-field reinforced dome... it's something to behold. The government put me and all of the other scienceists and other civilians at this super luxury resort here on Elaia. Now, if you excuse me, I've got an message appointment under the ruddy light of Labyrs to keep.
Funny note: When I was randomly searching Wikipedia for a good name, Linoleum - the programming language made by the guy who created Noctis - came up. Odd, eh?
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Place "KMS 3" { Body "RS 8404-86-8-13110333-297 A5.1" Parent "" Pos (-1.954709940476501e-010, -8.253742211390951e-011, -3.757650035551732e-010) Rot (0.0401917372303872, -0.820288294849823, -0.5123583083180104, 0.2509994053544352) Date "3052.02.01 21:01:05.33" Vel 1.6092443e-011 Mode 1 }
System's Provisional Name: Aceros Type: Binary Date of Survey: 2 May 3052 - 11 May 3052 Royal Survey Number: RS 8404-86-8-13110333-297 Kepler Survey Number: 1KMS-4 Kepler Survey Probe Number: 1KPS-361 Hippocaros-18 Catalog Number: HIP18 17859201 Distance from Sol: 3050.5 ly Distance from Deneb: 179.95 ly Distance from Kynance: 128.77 ly Total Distance Travelled: 185.29 ly
Bodies Around A: Planets: 5 Minor Bodies: 1 Bodies with Life: 2
Bodies Around B: Planets: 5 Minor Bodies: 0 Bodies with Life: 0
Bodies Around AB: Planets: 1
Totals: Planets: 11 Minor Bodies: 1 Bodies with Life: 2
Aceros A Stellar Class: K2V Mass: 0.709 x Sol Diameter: 0.796 x Sol Luminosity: 0.253 x Sol Abs. Magnitude: 6.32 Temperature: 4900 K Age: 3.11 Billion Years
Aceros B Stellar Class: M0V Mass: 0.452 x Sol Diameter: 0.817 x Sol Luminosity: 0.042 x Sol Abs. Magnitude: 6.32 Temperature: 3850 K Age: 3.11 Billion Years
It's lonely out there - Aceros AB I
Twin Homes of Life - A5.1 and A5:
That's a bit different - A4.6:
=============================== Planet: Aceros A DP 1 Class: dB11 - Dwarf Barren Diameter: 3207.3 km (0.252 x Earth) Mass: 1.195255E+023 kg (0.020 x Earth) Density: 6.919 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.316g (3.102 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 3.153 km/s, 11352.3 km/h Rotation: 18 days, 20 hours, 5 minutes, 31.2 seconds --- Orbital Period: 18 days, 20 hours, 5 minutes, 31.2 seconds - Tidally Locked Semi-Major Axis: 0.1236 AU Periapsis: 0.1283 AU Apoapsis: 0.1188 AU Eccentricity: 0.03856885 --- Surface Temperature: 561.95K / 288.80C / 551.84F Atmosphere: None Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a B11 895 <0.001
ESI: 0.428 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: F ================================ Planet: Aceros A I Class: J7 - Jovian Diameter: 142928.5 km (11.217 x Earth) Mass: 1.145818E+027 kg (191.859 x Earth / 0.604 x Jupiter) Density: 0.749 g/cm3 Gravity: 1.527g (14.971 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 46.251 km/s, 166501.9 km/h Rotation: 58 days, 17 hours, 18 minutes, 40.8 seconds --- Orbital Period: 58 days, 17 hours, 18 minutes, 40.8 seconds - Tidally Locked Semi-Major Axis: 0.2637 AU Periapsis: 0.2669 AU Apoapsis: 0.2605 AU Eccentricity: 0.01211542 --- Surface Temperature: 392.27K / 119.12C / 246.42F Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a A7 197 <0.001 b A7 9 <0.001 c A7 19 <0.001
=================================== Planet: Aceros A II Class: J6 - Jovian Diameter: 126710.2 km (9.944 x Earth) Mass: 4.214334E+026 kg (70.566 x Earth / 0.222 x Jupiter) Density: 0.396 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.714g (7.006 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 29.790 km/s, 107245.6 km/h Rotation: 2 days, 0 hours, 39 minutes, 24.1 seconds --- Orbital Period: 117 days, 5 hours, 47 minutes, 37.2 seconds - 57.828 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 0.4181 AU Periapsis: 0.4244 AU Apoapsis: 0.4118 AU Eccentricity: 0.015007 --- Surface Temperature: 315.55K / 42.40C / 108.32F Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a B6 2190 0.004 b B6 2991 0.011 c B6 4357 0.035 d A6 6 <0.001 e B6 1328 0.001
================================ Planet: Aceros A III Class: B4 - Barren Diameter: 4244.7 km (0.333 x Earth) Mass: 1.979876E+023 kg (0.033 x Earth) Density: 4.944 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.299g (2.933 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 3.528 km/s, 12700.4 km/h Rotation: 7 days, 7 hours, 46 minutes, 43.3 seconds --- Orbital Period: 312 days, 5 hours, 20 minutes, 19.0 seconds - 42.624 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 0.8033 AU Periapsis: 0.8619 AU Apoapsis: 0.7447 AU Eccentricity: 0.07290658 --- Surface Temperature: 228.16K / -44.99C / -48.98F Atmosphere: None Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a B4 1262 0.001
ESI: 0.661 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: D Notes: Tidally locked to its moon. ================================= Planet: Arecos A IV Class: T/I4b - Iron Terra with life Diameter: 20528.0 km (1.611 x Earth) Mass: 5.656758E+025 kg (9.472 x Earth) Density: 12.489 g/cm3 Gravity: 3.654g (35.831 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 27.116 km/s, 97618.3 km/h Rotation: 1 days, 10 hours, 0 minutes, 16.3 seconds --- Orbital Period: 1 years, 358 days, 5 hours, 51 minutes, 48.8 seconds - 510.217 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 1.4067 AU Periapsis: 1.4382 AU Apoapsis: 1.3751 AU Eccentricity: 0.02244844 --- Surface Temperature: 208.50K / -64.65C / -84.37F Atmosphere: 1.1796 atm - N2, CO2, CH4, H2O, O2 Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a T/I4b 8877 0.490 LCI 1
ESI: 0.603 ESIA: 0.305 Habitability Class: F Life: LCI 1. Anaerobic microbes in the seas - not enough time for anything more complex to evolve. Notes: Tidally locked to its moon. ================================ Planet: Aceros A V Class: I2pr - Ringed Peculiar Icy Diameter: 14713.3 km (1.155 x Earth) Mass: 4.282589E+024 kg (0.717 x Earth) Density: 2.568 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.538g (5.280 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 8.813 km/s, 31726.3 km/h Rotation: 22 hours, 4 minutes, 55.8 seconds --- Orbital Period: 4 years, 70 days, 19 hours, 26 minutes, 31.2 seconds - 1660.268 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 2.3194 AU Periapsis: 2.5006 AU Apoapsis: 2.1381 AU Eccentricity: 0.07816046 --- Surface Temperature: 140.26K / -132.89C / -207.20F Atmosphere: 0.6559 atm Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a A2 26 <0.001 b I2 2043 0.003 c A2 79 <0.001 d dI2 204 <0.001 e A2 6 <0.001 f A2 15 <0.001 g A2 29 <0.001 h A2 78 <0.001 i A2 135 <0.001 j dI2 227 <0.001
ESI: 0.475 ESIA: 0.216 Habitability Class: D Notes: Rotates retrograde. ====================================== Planet: Aceros B I Class: L16 - Liquid/Oceanic Diameter: 14238.3 km (1.117 x Earth) Mass: 4.737747E+024 kg (0.793 x Earth) Density: 3.135 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.636g (6.238 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 9.423 km/s, 33921.7 km/h Rotation: 11 days, 21 hours, 35 minutes, 43.8 seconds --- Orbital Period: 11 days, 21 hours, 35 minutes, 43.8 seconds - Tidally Locked Semi-Major Axis: 11719292.2 km Periapsis: 12779840.6 km Apoapsis: 10658743.9 km Eccentricity: 0.09049594 --- Surface Temperature: 819.04K / 545.89C / 1014.60F Atmosphere: 3.5003 atm Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a B9 1009 <0.001
ESI: 0.360 ESIA: 0.095 Habitability Class: F Notes: Liquid what, exactly? ====================================== Planet: Aceros B II Class: B8 - Barren Diameter: 4587.8 km (0.360 x Earth) Mass: 3.609263E+023 kg (0.060 x Earth) Density: 7.139 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.467g (4.577 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 4.582 km/s, 16494.1 km/h Rotation: 32 days, 20 hours, 8 minutes, 28.8 seconds --- Orbital Period: 32 days, 20 hours, 8 minutes, 28.8 seconds - Tidally Locked Semi-Major Axis: 0.1541 AU Periapsis: 0.1658 AU Apoapsis: 0.1424 AU Eccentricity: 0.07600948 --- Surface Temperature: 406.52K / 133.37C / 272.07F Atmosphere: None Moons: None. ESI: 0.617 ESIA: 0.000 Habitability Class: F ======================================= Planet: Aceros B III Class: N5 - Neptunian Diameter: 58825.6 km (4.617 x Earth) Mass: 7.142399E+025 kg (11.959 x Earth) Density: 0.670 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.562g (5.509 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 17.999 km/s, 64797.7 km/h Rotation: 100 days, 20 hours, 59 minutes, 42.8 seconds --- Orbital Period: 100 days, 20 hours, 59 minutes, 42.8 seconds - Tidally Locked Semi-Major Axis: 0.3257 AU Periapsis: 0.3261 AU Apoapsis: 0.3252 AU Eccentricity: 0.001273241 --- Surface Temperature: 287.35K / 14.20C / 57.56F Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a A5 41 <0.001 b B5 1309 0.001 c B5 2072 0.003
======================================== Planet: Aceros B IV Class: J4p - Peculiar Jovian Diameter: 128288.8 km (10.068 x Earth) Mass: 4.560386E+026 kg (76.360 x Earth / 0.240 x Jupiter) Density: 0.413 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.754g (7.396 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 30.798 km/s, 110873.4 km/h Rotation: 16 hours, 26 minutes, 25.8 seconds --- Orbital Period: 327 days, 21 hours, 19 minutes, 7.1 seconds - 477.351 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 0.7146 AU Periapsis: 0.7162 AU Apoapsis: 0.7129 AU Eccentricity: 0.002356461 --- Surface Temperature: 200.00K / -73.15C / -99.67F Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a B4 678 <0.001 b B4 1309 <0.001 c B4 1648 0.002 d A4 67 <0.001 e A4 112 <0.001 f dB4 242 <0.001
Notes: Hey, it's another -557 degree tilt! ========================================== Planet: Aceros B V Class: D3 - Desert Diameter: 6023.9 km (0.473 x Earth) Mass: 5.874223E+023 kg (0.098 x Earth) Density: 5.132 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.441g (4.321 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 5.101 km/s, 18363.6 km/h Rotation: 2 days, 1 hours, 33 minutes, 31.8 seconds --- Orbital Period: 2 years, 2 days, 4 hours, 51 minutes, 43.1 seconds - 354.789 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 1.2213 AU Periapsis: 1.3013 AU Apoapsis: 1.1414 AU Eccentricity: 0.06545376 --- Surface Temperature: 175.89K / -97.26C / -143.07F Atmosphere: 0.8777 atm Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a D3 2134 0.005
ESI: 0.582 ESIA: 0.302 Habitability Class: D =========================================== Planet: Aceros AB I Class: N0p - Peculiar Neptunian Diameter: 69042.6 km (5.419 x Earth) Mass: 1.410181E+026 kg (23.612 x Earth) Density: 0.818 g/cm3 Gravity: 0.805g (7.896 m/s2) Escape Velocity: 23.345 km/s, 84042.6 km/h Rotation: 18 hours, 15 minutes, 25.7 seconds --- Orbital Period: 15842 years, 105 days, 22 hours, 1 minutes, 15.3 seconds - 7585591.195 local days. Semi-Major Axis: 663.1683 AU Periapsis: 688.9147 AU Apoapsis: 637.4219 AU Eccentricity: 0.03882331 --- Surface Temperature: 16.52K / -256.63C / -429.93F Moons:
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Moon Class Diameter MassE Notes a I0 1016 <0.001 b I0 1351 <0.001 c I0 1620 0.001 d I0 1985 0.004 e dI0 264 <0.001 f A0 17 <0.001 g A0 21 <0.001 h A0 38 <0.001
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