Triton, Moon

Triton

 Union World – Sol System.

Pop 7,000,000 Civics: Republic of Triton

Triton was colonized quite early. In 2190 the first permanent colony was established and large Chemical factories grew. The main industry is Nitrogen Chemistry (Fertilizers, Explosives, Super glues, Cyanide and a host of other Nitrogen based products and compounds.

Also water ice and metals were mined. The first colony (Lassell Town) grew into a major Sol System City with a Class A space port.

Chemical production is still the main industry. The locals call themselves Tritons.



Triton is the largest moon of the planet Neptune, discovered on October 10, 1846, by English astronomer William Lassell. It is the only large moon in the Solar System with a retrograde orbit, which is an orbit in the opposite direction to its planet's rotation. At 2,700 km in diameter, it is the seventh-largest moon in the Solar System. Because of its retrograde orbit and composition similar to Pluto's, Triton is thought to have been captured from the Kuiper belt. Triton has a surface of mostly frozen nitrogen, a mostly water ice crust, an icy mantle and a substantial core of rock and metal. The core makes up two-thirds of its total mass. Triton has a mean density of 2.061 grams per cubic centimetre (0.0745 lb/cu in) and is composed of approximately 15–35% water ice.



Triton is one of the few moons in the Solar System known to be geologically active. As a consequence, its surface is relatively young, with a complex geological history revealed in intricate and mysterious cryovolcanic and tectonic terrains. Part of its crust is dotted with geysers thought to erupt nitrogen. Triton has a tenuous nitrogen atmosphere less than 1/70,000 the pressure of Earth's atmosphere at sea level.

 Main Export : Chemcial Products, Nitrogen, Explosives, Fertilizers

Import: Lux, Groceries