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KLURIN. A rocky planet of remarkably low density, encased in thick layers of ice. Its orbit lies
within a large, inexplicable gap between the gas giants Tarixi and Kirilin, just beyond where the
solar nebula’s frost line would have been. This strange ordering is the wretched bane of all astro-
physicists who attempt to model the formation of the Chariren system.
⦗mass: 0.83 earths
⦗radius: 6117 km
⦗class: terrestrial
⦗surface temp: -132°C
⦗distance: 0.73 AU
⦗eccentricity: 0.07
⦗inclination: 3.61°
⦗rotation: 6.43 days
⦗orbital: 302 days
⦗satellites: n/a
composition: silicates, iron, water, ices.
While Klurin's location beyond the frost line as a terrestrial planet is strange, its location between two gas giants isn't too far-fetched; they eventually come to realize that it's actually Tarixi that's in an odd place; future models have the gas giant forming beyond the frost line and somehow drifting into a tighter orbit within the star's habitable zone. Also, Klurin was tricky to work out the stats of; I wanted it to be warm enough that astronauts could go visit feasibly, but, I dunno, that many potentially habitable worlds just seemed a bit unrealistic. With these temperatures, you could visit Klurin, with the right protection and tech, maybe mine it for ice... but you definitely couldn't settle there. And you'd have to come, do your shit and go during the planet's week-long day, because its week-long night would definitely kill you.
within a large, inexplicable gap between the gas giants Tarixi and Kirilin, just beyond where the
solar nebula’s frost line would have been. This strange ordering is the wretched bane of all astro-
physicists who attempt to model the formation of the Chariren system.
⦗mass: 0.83 earths
⦗radius: 6117 km
⦗class: terrestrial
⦗surface temp: -132°C
⦗distance: 0.73 AU
⦗eccentricity: 0.07
⦗inclination: 3.61°
⦗rotation: 6.43 days
⦗orbital: 302 days
⦗satellites: n/a
composition: silicates, iron, water, ices.
While Klurin's location beyond the frost line as a terrestrial planet is strange, its location between two gas giants isn't too far-fetched; they eventually come to realize that it's actually Tarixi that's in an odd place; future models have the gas giant forming beyond the frost line and somehow drifting into a tighter orbit within the star's habitable zone. Also, Klurin was tricky to work out the stats of; I wanted it to be warm enough that astronauts could go visit feasibly, but, I dunno, that many potentially habitable worlds just seemed a bit unrealistic. With these temperatures, you could visit Klurin, with the right protection and tech, maybe mine it for ice... but you definitely couldn't settle there. And you'd have to come, do your shit and go during the planet's week-long day, because its week-long night would definitely kill you.
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Huh, this looks like a VERY frosty planet! :o Certainly not a planet I'd want to visit without a rebreather or even a full hostile environment suit! Though, mining ice sounds reasonable, temperatures THAT low can form all forms of exotic ice, at least if the atmospheric pressure is high enough.
Heh, yeah! I took some inspiration from Mann's planet in Interstellar; I imagine with temperatures that low, you'd get some weird cloud formations and frozen layering above the surface. In canon, yeah, it's hostile as fuck, but bumping up the temperature a hundred degrees or so turns the place into a winter wonderland.
On Mann's planet, what they were walking on was in fact frozen cloud, I think. At Klurin's temperatures, there could be a fair amount of ammonia involved as well, which was also a factor on Mann's planet, but I think Klurin's temperatures are actually low enough (in 'canon' at least) that the ammonia could freeze.
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