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Suloom is smaller and less massive than Earth, which means it is classified as a 'sub-earth'. Its high density implies that there is a substantial iron core inside the planet, generating its weak (but still existing) magnetic field. The small magnetosphere is not very effective at blocking the stellar wind from Saihera (its parent star) and that constantly whittles down its ever-thinning atmosphere, possibly threatening the existence of the life below. |
Suloom is smaller and less massive than Earth, which means it is classified as a 'sub-earth'. Its high density implies that there is a substantial iron core inside the planet, generating its weak (but still existing) magnetic field. The small magnetosphere is not very effective at blocking the stellar wind from Saihera (its parent star) and that constantly whittles down its ever-thinning atmosphere, possibly threatening the existence of the life below. |
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Owing to Suloom's proximity to its parent star, it is tidally locked, which means one side of the planet constantly faces the star. From space though, the planet seems uniform and there seems not to be any differentiation between the terminator line and the point below its red dwarf star, which is evidence of some kind of temperature distribution around the planet. What is even more striking is that the night side, while not as explored as the dayside (for obvious reasons), seems so far to have the exact same terrain and environment as the dayside! (Aside from a temperature difference of 2-3°C) |
Owing to Suloom's proximity to its parent star, it is tidally locked, which means one side of the planet constantly faces the star. From space though, the planet seems uniform and there seems not to be any differentiation between the terminator line and the point below its red dwarf star, which is evidence of some kind of temperature distribution around the planet. What is even more striking is that the night side, while not as explored as the dayside (for obvious reasons), seems so far to have the exact same terrain and environment as the dayside! (Aside from a temperature difference of 2-3°C) Astronomers, geologists, chemists and astrobiologists working at this planet are still scratching their heads over this, but an explanation could be finally coming. (This will be explained later in the article, in the geology section) |
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Another interesting and noteworthy quirk about Suloom is its strange atmosphere. Somehow, it is 44% diatomic oxygen, and a similarly large sector is made of water vapour. Now, this is still very little oxygen, because the atmosphere pressure is still only 0.00324 atmospheres, a mere 27% the atmospheric pressure of pre-terraformed Mars, so you really could not breathe here if you wanted to. |
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The oxygen is likely caused and replenished by some kind of photosynthesis that is being carried out by plants on Suloom's surface. The explanation for the water vapour is less understood. |
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Revision as of 11:01, December 18, 2020
Overview
Suloom is a hot, Mars-like D-class planet orbiting a red dwarf, known as Saihera, in the Flower Galaxy. It hosts multicellular life on its terrestrial surface, taking on many forms across the landscape, and is famous throughout the galaxy because of this.
Properties
Suloom is smaller and less massive than Earth, which means it is classified as a 'sub-earth'. Its high density implies that there is a substantial iron core inside the planet, generating its weak (but still existing) magnetic field. The small magnetosphere is not very effective at blocking the stellar wind from Saihera (its parent star) and that constantly whittles down its ever-thinning atmosphere, possibly threatening the existence of the life below.
Owing to Suloom's proximity to its parent star, it is tidally locked, which means one side of the planet constantly faces the star. From space though, the planet seems uniform and there seems not to be any differentiation between the terminator line and the point below its red dwarf star, which is evidence of some kind of temperature distribution around the planet. What is even more striking is that the night side, while not as explored as the dayside (for obvious reasons), seems so far to have the exact same terrain and environment as the dayside! (Aside from a temperature difference of 2-3°C) Astronomers, geologists, chemists and astrobiologists working at this planet are still scratching their heads over this, but an explanation could be finally coming. (This will be explained later in the article, in the geology section)
Another interesting and noteworthy quirk about Suloom is its strange atmosphere. Somehow, it is 44% diatomic oxygen, and a similarly large sector is made of water vapour. Now, this is still very little oxygen, because the atmosphere pressure is still only 0.00324 atmospheres, a mere 27% the atmospheric pressure of pre-terraformed Mars, so you really could not breathe here if you wanted to.
The oxygen is likely caused and replenished by some kind of photosynthesis that is being carried out by plants on Suloom's surface. The explanation for the water vapour is less understood.
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