Abbé Nicolas , Planet

Abbé Nicolas, Planet

Microscopii system. Pre Union -United Earth Colony -Now Union

Hot world - Rock Core Type -Seismic Active -

Climate

Type Infernal No native Bio Sphere -
 * Min Temp 455 K   (182 °C)
 * Avg Temp 458 K   (185 °C)
 * Max Temp 461 K   (188 °C)

The planet was colonized for its rich deposits of valuable minerals and metals. It was first a pure mining colony. But with the mines came smelters and heavy industry.

Deep Core Mines are still operating and producing large quantities of Nikel ore. iron and lead.

There are tremendous deposits of Titatnium that are still mined with rich yield.

ABP is the Union's leading manufacturer of lead based products. Lead being still am important resource in component shielding and radiation control.

Union Battle ships feature a special anti radiation layer of moleculard densified lead vapor. Both the MD Lead and application machines are manufactured here.

Rare Earth refining and Rare Earth component manufacturing is a close second.

4.6 Billion citizens work and live on Abbe, with another 6 million commuting daily.

There is a TransMatter tunnel connection to the other planets and to Microscopii Hub.

A Class A Spaceport (Freight) services heavy freighter transport. An orbital Ore dock is connected via the "Harp " ,a sixteen strings of Space elevator.

The planet is no longer independetly represented, but by a System representative elected by all Union residents of the system. Patric Byrne Planet is the system government seat.

A professional Planet Manager is employed by the Citizen Council of ABP.

The planet is named after Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, a Pre Astro French Astronomer.

The main city (sub planetar) "Louis-Town" features a noteworthy interactive museum on early Pre Astro Astronomy and is often visited by students and Virtual tours.

There is even an Abbe Nicolas Festival with "authentic" French food and people dressing up as Abbe  or in 18th century Terran costumes. [1]

Famous feature are the Cooking oceans who are filled with poisonous mineral rich water, that due to the high atmospheric pressure and the 1.79 gee does not boil or steam

Physics

 * Type Large iron/silicate
 * Radius 10226.43 km   (1.60 x earth)
 * Surface Area 1.31 x 109 km2
 * Land Area 8.94 x 108 km2   (6.00 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 33 %
 * Ice 0 %

Atmosphere

 * Type Superdense toxic
 * Pressure 2.22 MPa   (21.93 x earth)
 * Composition 81.1% sulfur dioxide, 18.9% carbon dioxide, trace other gases

Climate
Type Infernal [1] What union citizen of the 51st century think was 18th century fashion and food.
 * Min Temp 455 K   (182 °C)
 * Avg Temp 458 K   (185 °C)
 * Max Temp 461 K   (188 °C)