Archanes
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| Archanes Milky Way / Artemis Tau / Knossos | |
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| Orbital Distance: | N/A |
| Orbital Period: | 470.2 Earth Years |
| Keplerian Ratio: | N/A |
| Radius: | 14,549 km |
| Day Length: | 16.2 Earth Hours |
| Atm. Pressure: | N/A |
| Surface Temp: | N/A |
| Surface Gravity: | N/A |
| Mass: | N/A |
| Satellites: | N/A |
Location: Milky Way / Artemis Tau / Knossos System / Fifth planet
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[edit] Description
A small hydrogen-helium gas giant, Archanes has been developed as a full-featured, if modest, stopover for ships hauling refined materials from Therum. In addition to a powerful magnetic field to dump drive charge, Archanes has a largely automated infrastructure of helium-3 refining and deuterium mining on its many water ice moons.
[edit] Assignments
- Survey: UNC: Valuable Minerals: Gas Deposit ×1 (Nitrogen)
[edit] Properties
Archanes is too small to be a "hydrogen-helium gas giant" (William Hubbard, The New Solar System 4th ed, 1999; p. 194). It is more likely a dense "ice giant" like Neptune or Gliese 436 b.
[edit] Trivia
- Archanes is a town in Crete which was once a major Minoan hub in the region.
