Planetary Data:
A substantial amount of the technical data in this section was taken from the documentation accompanying the freeware program Star by Aina Rasolomalala. For more information and to get your own copy of this software go to the acknowledgements page.
ARID:A world with a hospitable environment but with less than 20% of liquid water. (Example:Dune) |
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BROWN DWARF:An immense gas giant just short of the critical mass threshold needed to become a small star. |
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CARBONACEOUS:Asteroid belt composed mainly of carbon compounds. These planetoids can be used to make oil or synthetics. They are dark brown in color. |
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CHUNK:A small airless world less than 1000 km in diameter. |
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DESERT:A planet with an atmosphere but without liquid water. (Example: Mars) |
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FAILED CORE:A planet which accumulated an atmosphere but which never accumulated enough mass to become a gas giant. (Example: Triton) |
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GAS GIANT:A massive planet with an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium. (Example: Jupiter) |
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GLACIER:a planet with an atmosphere and a heavy overburden of ice. |
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HOT HOUSE:A planet with a large greenhouse-effect atmosphere. (Example: Venus) |
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ICE BALL:A plain ball of frozen gases. (Example: Pluto) |
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ICY:Asteroid belt composed mainly of dirty ice-balls of frozen water, ammonia and methane. They could be used as a source of hydrogen fuel. They vary in color from bright white to dull black, depending on the impurities mixed in with the ice. |
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JUNGLE:A world with a hospitable environment entirely covered by jungles and swamps. |
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NICKEL-IRON:Asteroid belt composed mainly of nickel and iron. These planetoids rich in minerals are typically a medium gray in color. |
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OCEAN:A world with a hospitable environment with more than 90% of liquid water. |
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POST-GARDEN:A world which has a history of life, but which has since developed a greenhouse effect. (Example: Earth eons from now) |
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PRE-GARDEN:A planet in the life zone that has the prerequisites for life, given sufficent time, life will evolve on the world, shifting the atmosphere from methane and water vapor to nitrogen and oxygen. (Example: Earth eons ago) |
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RING:An asteroid belt orbiting a planet. (Example: Saturn rings) |
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ROCK:A plain rock ball with no appreciable atmosphere. (Example: Mercury) |
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STEPPE:A world with a hospitable environment and between 30 and 50% of liquid water. |
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STONEY:An asteroid belt composed mainly of silicon compounds. These planetoids are light gray or tan in color. |
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TERRAN:A world with a hospitable environment and an oxygen atmosphere. (Example:Earth) |
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TUNDRA:A world with a hospitable environment, a large portion of water is locked by surface frost. Tundra conditions could be described as cold arid planet. |
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