EGO 0602-00911069601 by KatesFriend
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ENCYCLOPEDIA GALACTICA Edition 428193 - Earth English
EGO 0602-00911069601: Summary
EGO 0602-00911069601 is the twelfth satellite of EGO 0602-00911069544 - a fourteen (14) Jovian mass brown dwarf informally named 'Freya' - and the sixth life bearing world of 'Freya's Necklace'1. This world rotates with an axial tilt of 11.2 degrees2 and period of 63442 sec (0.73 days). Its orbital path is a 0.012 eccentricity ellipse inclined to 21.0 degrees, mean distance of 4.21 million km with a 14.8 day period. This body has no recognized common name either formally or informally.3
The satellite is a terrestrial like object with a mass of 0.64 Earths, density of 7.7 g/cm3 and diameter of 9820 km - making it the fourth largest satellite in the Freya system. The interior consists of a small solid nickel-iron inner core surrounded by a liquid iron outer core which is in turn covered by thin semi-molten silicate mantel. Combined with the short rotational period, these conditions produce a planetary magnetic field which is 44% more intense than that of Earth. Surface structures like the equatorial rift also show strong evidence of newly active plate tectonics.
56% of the surface is covered in liquid water consisting of shallow fresh water seas and very low saline oceans averaging 1130 m in depth and no deeper than 1410 m. Land masses consist of barren terrain heavy with silicates and iron oxide (hematite) creating the reddish hue. Highest peak is in the southern hemisphere at 10.2 km above sea level.
On average, 90% of atmospheric mass extends to 13 km above sea level with a 17% variance from pole to equator. Composition includes 87.2% nitrogen, 11.4% oxygen, 1.1% water vapour, 0.2% methane and other trace materials including carbon dioxide and argon. Surface pressure at sea level averages at 81.9 kPa. Unexpectedly high for existing atmospheric composition and object mass.
For the exception of some simple land based plant life close to the shorelines, all native life forms are concentrated in the oceans. It is hypothesized that this is due to the single helix heredity encoding mechanism4 for life forms on this satellite. This mechanism is useful for quick replication of genetic information which leads to increased frequency of mutation and faster evolution. However, there is less means for error correction and great susceptibility to outside effects like a strong planetary magnetic field. A line of cell division becomes nonviable more quickly and life forms can not adapt.
In the oceans it is a different matter as natural selection has developed a biodiversity in the order of millions of species. Life forms range from simple molecular viral-like structures to complex organisms with differentiated internal organs, endoskeletons and central nervous systems. Some forms are photo consuming and produce molecular oxygen as a byproduct. This is accepted to be the primary source of oxygen in the satellite's atmosphere.
Another characteristic of note are the large migratory waves that traverse most bodies of water. They are easily visible from space as they rise as much as 165 m and measure over 100 km across. These phenomena are not tsunami or any other common type of fluid wavefront. Curiously, these waves will always change course or disperse before impacting on a coastline. They also contain a much higher concentration (4200 times) of photo consuming microbial life forms than in the surrounding waters. It is unknown whether the waves attract the microbes or the microbes themselves somehow influence the wave formation.
No technical civilization or any evidence of a civilization ever existing.
Notes: EGO: Encyclopedia Galactica Object
See References:
1Definition: Freya's Necklace
2Civilization Humanity: Scientific Standards
3Civilization Humanity: Naming Conventions For Astronomical Objects
4Single Helix Heredity Encoding: Advantages and Disadvantages
Comments (42)
2Loose2Trek
Now I have a new vacation destination to think about ... hmmmm. 'Course those large migratory waves could pose some issues while sailing. LOL Well done.
anitalee
Great work
Half-Baked
Lovely work!
magnus073
Splendid work on this one Clayton as the image is amazing and the detailed write up so complete.
soepie17
I had to stop reading half-way sorry for that, but excuse me, im heavily under the influence of falling madly in love at the moment so my mind tends to drift elsewhere fast, but the image and idea are great ;-)
lyron
Wonderful work!!
evielouise
Stunning work love it all~~~
drifterlee
Really cool!!
flavia49
wonderful picture and text!
shadownet
:O)
eekdog Online Now!
cool thanks for the info and very beautiful image. well done.. steve
sandra46
super wonderful creation!!!!!
mgtcs
Fantastic render, my friend, well done!
Lunastar
Awesome image!
MOSKETON
ES UNA FOTO REAL, COMO SE HACE DESDE ESAS ALTURAS, JE JE. MUY BUEN TRABAJO.
Faemike55
Fantastic image and wonderful information!
npauling
This sounds to be a hugely interesting place though I'm not sure I will land on it as those waves may not always behave themselves. Don't 'they' say that every 5th wave is a big one and maybe you only counted to the 4th one while you were observing this brown dwarf. LOL. Excellent image and story.
Lashia
Wow that is quite the write up! Great image to accompany and thanks for sharing!
renecyberdoc
fine piece of information.thank you.
junilau
wow superbe image
ragouc
Well done.
Minda
clayton This excellent work and great info..
MagikUnicorn
wowwwzer
myquad
Beautiful and interesting, Clayton. A double whammy!
JeffersonAF
Excellent.
goldie
LOL, very creative all around...though it does look a bit like earth ;)
M2A
Cool.
e-brink
Great image and information - sounds like the place to visit.
OrphanedSoul
WoW you should write SciFi...Excellent vision of life!
Chipka
Wonderful image! I love the universe you've created here and of course the text is intriguing and knowledgeable. Since I love science fiction (with science in it) your text really strikes a chord with me, and the image is flawless. I like a world with lots of hematite on it as well...I like hematite, though I tend to prefer the polished graphite colored strain of that particular rock, but red hematite is quite common on terrestrial-type bodies...so I hear. As always, I quite like this...I'm impressed and inspired!