Ice world with methane atmosphere 0.06 atmos, inside one of the absolutely massive craters (just "high" settings).
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Just some shots taken during missions.
I must say I love what they have done regarding the suits!
No, it's probably Bottom Hat's golden tooth
HIP 20478 2 C
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CMDRs Log stardate 210606
Previously
First stopping off point today was another moon in the same system. This one with an Atmosphere and life. Strangely, we noted that the surface temperature on this moon is higher than other moons this far out from the main star. There are many factors that may cause this, such as internal heat generated by tidal forces of the gas giant it orbits. However, this would normally be true for the closest few moons - this was the seventh one out.
While there are some geological feature that may support that theory, we ruled it out as the cause.
This moon has a reasonable high pressure Methane atmosphere, and we believe that this is the cause for heat retention.
This plant life looked very familiar. We went back over our records and we have seen a prototype of this plant before before. The colouration was different - the star type was K (HIP 105494 A 5) and the plants were green. That planet also had a Methane atmosphere.
A closer examination of the ground rock revealed an 81% ice formation.
A couple of jumps on and we come across this pristine untouched world with some unique properties.
The stripes circumnavigating this planet provided an interesting feature to investigate. Not a canyon, as such, but a stretch mark indicating ancient geological activity.
There is no life here. We struggled to understand why.
We noted the atmosphere contains high levels of Neon in the mostly Nitrogen atmosphere. It is cold on this world. Colder than the Methane moon we visited earlier in the day, even though it is over 3 times closer to the parent star.
At these temperatures, Neon remains a gas, but Nitrogen freezes/sublimates at 63k. It was 69k at this point in the day. We expect that the outgassing we observed would be sublimating Nitrogen. As an interesting point - Nitrogen, when it freezes in the air, does not produce flakes, it produces needles - which do not reach a terminal velocity in this limited atmosphere - they shatter on contact with the ground leaving the dust you see before you.
I, for one, have no desire to stay out long enough to... eh... prove the point!
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Previously
First stopping off point today was another moon in the same system. This one with an Atmosphere and life. Strangely, we noted that the surface temperature on this moon is higher than other moons this far out from the main star. There are many factors that may cause this, such as internal heat generated by tidal forces of the gas giant it orbits. However, this would normally be true for the closest few moons - this was the seventh one out.
While there are some geological feature that may support that theory, we ruled it out as the cause.
This moon has a reasonable high pressure Methane atmosphere, and we believe that this is the cause for heat retention.
This plant life looked very familiar. We went back over our records and we have seen a prototype of this plant before before. The colouration was different - the star type was K (HIP 105494 A 5) and the plants were green. That planet also had a Methane atmosphere.
A closer examination of the ground rock revealed an 81% ice formation.
A couple of jumps on and we come across this pristine untouched world with some unique properties.
The stripes circumnavigating this planet provided an interesting feature to investigate. Not a canyon, as such, but a stretch mark indicating ancient geological activity.
There is no life here. We struggled to understand why.
We noted the atmosphere contains high levels of Neon in the mostly Nitrogen atmosphere. It is cold on this world. Colder than the Methane moon we visited earlier in the day, even though it is over 3 times closer to the parent star.
At these temperatures, Neon remains a gas, but Nitrogen freezes/sublimates at 63k. It was 69k at this point in the day. We expect that the outgassing we observed would be sublimating Nitrogen. As an interesting point - Nitrogen, when it freezes in the air, does not produce flakes, it produces needles - which do not reach a terminal velocity in this limited atmosphere - they shatter on contact with the ground leaving the dust you see before you.
I, for one, have no desire to stay out long enough to... eh... prove the point!
Next
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