Rhyne
Rhyne Ina'Tal
Yerne
0.809 AU
284 days
0.017
-1° 20'
0.29 Earth Masses
8,552 km
-14°C
1.72 atm
8.3 billion years
20 hours 2 minutes
39°
Gaunta (civilisation)
Rhyne is a temperate terra planet situated in the Milky Way Galaxy ; also the homeworld of the Gaunta.
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Overview
Roughly thirty five thousand light years from Earth, Rhyne orbits a G9.3 V type star, at 0.8 AU. It experiences temperatures below freezing point, however, the atmospheric pressure keeps the water in liquid state. Oceans do not exist on Rhyne, only lakes. Underground are huge collections of water, available for lifeforms living within the soil.
It was discovered by the Federations of United Star Systems in 6070, in an attempt to find a world suitable for a human colony. A civilisation, although measured as Type 0 at the time of discovery, it is now a fully fledged Type II civilisation since 9981. In 200000 CE, they have their own area around Rhyne, and are a FUSS province. The Gaunta have since built many megastructures.
Life
Life took a foothold on the planet 7.9 billion years ago in the planet's former oceans. Scientists studying life on Rhyne have concluded that life had begun from asteroids plummeting towards the scarred surface during the planet's formation.
Rhyne experienced a mass extinction almost 90.2 million years ago from a comet, originating in the star system's comet cloud, had impacted the ground in an area surrounded by a large forest - which no longer exists - which had created a new crater which eventually filled up with water from rain.