De Lacaille, Planet

De Lacaille, Planet

2nd planet in the Microscopii system. Former United Earth Colony, now Union world.

Often called the most boring planet in the galaxy.

At first this was true and also an aspect the Lacallians hated that adjective. In 4894 a business man registered it as a Trademark and offered the most boring vacation.

With suprising success.

D.L.P  is more or less a planet size desert with only a few unimpressive mountain ranges. It is also completley water less.

But plastic tunnel farming was easy and successful (importing water)

Today a sprawling Metropole takes a substantial part of the surface. With every imaginalbe entertainment venue possible. DLP is a gamblers paradise and offers great shows (DLP economy was basially copied from old Earth Vegas)

The Relax farms where  stressed business managers are isolated from Galnet and anything else are actually very pricey tents. Some offering all the creature compfort  except connection to GalNet.

Industry is diverse but there is no heavy industry and no big factories.

7.6 Billion Union Citizen live and work on DLP and about 120-140 million tourists are visiting annually.

There is still a dedicated trickle farm community raising potatoes, lettuce and vegetables.

The planet is named after Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille

The planet is not represented but has an employed Planet Manager (and staff). The planet is represented via the System Representative.

There is a Class A Space Port and a TransMatter Connection to Microscopii Hub.

Physics

Type Large iron/silicate

Radius 10226.43 km   (1.60 x earth)

Surface Area 1.31 x 109 km2

Land Area 1.33 x 109 km2   (8.91 x earth)

Mass 2.65 x 1025 kg   (4.43 x earth)

Density 5.91 g/cm3   (1.07 x earth)

Composition 37.4% iron, 23.2% oxygen, 16.2% silicon, 15.8% titanium, 7.5% other metals, trace other elements

Gravimetry

Gravity 16.82 m/s2   (1.72 x earth)

Escape Velocity 18.55 km/s

Rotation

Period 23.51 hours

Axis Tilt 10.03 °

Hydrosphere

Water 0 %

Ice 0 %

Atmosphere

Type Thin reducing

Pressure 45.26 kPa   (0.45 x earth)

Composition 81.1% hydrogen, 18.9% nitrogen, trace other gases

Climate

Type Standard

Min Temp 178 K   (-94 °C)

Avg Temp 303 K   (30 °C)

Max Temp 404 K   (131 °C)