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HX-14

HX-14 is one of the twenty systems charted by Taisa Hanako while she commanded the YSS Elfin Princess in YE 30.

:!: A large unidentified interplanetary civilization had a colony in this system!

Star System

This section gives the “numbers” for the bodies in this system.

HX-14 (Star)

  • Type M8 V Red Dwarf
  • Radius 2.82 x 105 km (0.40 x sol)
  • Mass 6.17 x 1029 kg (0.31 x sol)
  • Temperature 2100 K
  • Luminosity 1.38 x 1025 W (0.04 x sol)

I

  • Type Terrestrial World
  • Orbital Radius 3.09 x 107 km (0.21 AU)
  • Period 1.47 x 103 hours (0.17 earth years)
  • Physics Standard iron/silicate
  • Hydrosphere 68 % water, 39 % ice
  • Atmosphere argon breathable
  • Biosphere grasses, some trees, microbes, fish, insects, some large arthropods (crabs)
  • Civilization Colony 1)
  • Special Heavy radiation, planetary rings

II

  • Type Asteroid Belt
  • Orbital Radius 5.31 x 107 km (0.36 AU)
  • Period 3.32 x 103 hours (0.38 earth years)

III

  • Type Rock Planet
  • Orbital Radius 8.06 x 107 km (0.54 AU)
  • Period 6.21 x 103 hours (0.71 earth years)
  • Gravity 9.81 m/s2 (1.00 x earth)
  • Special Heavy volcanism

IV

  • Type Rock Planet
  • Orbital Radius 1.27 x 108 km (0.85 AU)
  • Period 1.23 x 104 hours (1.40 earth years)
  • Gravity 11.13 m/s2 (1.14 x earth)
  • Special Electromagnetic storms, heavy radiation

V

  • Type Asteroid Belt
  • Orbital Radius 2.32 x 108 km (1.55 AU)
  • Period 3.03 x 104 hours (3.46 earth years)

VI

  • Type Uranian Planet
  • Orbital Radius 4.09 x 108 km (2.74 AU)
  • Period 7.10 x 104 hours (8.12 earth years)
  • Gravity 5.96 m/s2 (0.61 x earth)
  • Special 13 small moons

VII

  • Type Ice Planet
  • Orbital Radius 7.63 x 108 km (5.10 AU)
  • Period 1.81 x 105 hours (20.68 earth years)
  • Gravity 6.88 m/s2 (0.70 x earth)
  • Methane seas

Inhabited Planet

Physics

  • Type Standard iron/silicate
  • Radius 5427.67 km (0.85 x earth)
  • Surface Area 3.70 x 108 km2
  • Land Area 1.22 x 108 km2 (0.82 x earth)
  • Mass 4.11 x 1024 kg (0.69 x earth)
  • Density 6.14 g/cm3 (1.11 x earth)
  • Composition 46.3% iron, 17.7% nickel, 17.3% oxygen, 12.4% silicon, 4.2% sulphur, 1.4% other metals, 0.7% other elements

Gravimetry

  • Gravity 9.27 m/s2 (0.95 x earth)
  • Escape Velocity 10.03 km/s
  • Rotation Period 18.22 hours
  • Axis Tilt 66.88 °

Hydrosphere

  • Water 68 %
  • Ice 39 %

Atmosphere

  • Type Standard breathable
  • Pressure 91.43 kPa (0.90 x earth)
  • Composition 63.2% argon, 18.8% nitrogen, 18.0% oxygen, trace other gases

Climate

  • Min Temp 230 K (-42 °C, -43.6 °F)
  • Avg Temp 281 K (7 °C, 44.6 °F)
  • Max Temp 318 K (45 °C, 113 °F)

Biosphere

  • Chemistry Carbon
  • Lifeforms grasses, some trees, microbes, fish, insects, some large arthropods (crabs)

Civilization

  • Type ???? Colony (Failed)
  • Population 3.30 billion (Deceased)
  • Society ????
  • Tech Level Interplanetary (nuclear fusion, space colonies, nanotechnology)
  • Special Features planetary rings
Places of the SARPiverse
Place Categoriesstar system
Risk Levellow
1)
Colony discovered as failed by Thorn Ironhart

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system/hx-14.txt · Last modified: 2024/10/16 17:57 by andrew