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~ ABDERUS ~

Second Planet of
the Tau Ceti System

	Distance from Earth: 11.8 light-years Distance from sun: 67 million miles Diameter: 4,445 miles (0.56 Earth's diameter) Orbital Period: 174.02 days (196.54 local days) Solar Day: 16:21 earth hours (420 local days per "Tau Ceti Year") Gravity: 0.41 g Axil Tilt: 0.6° Moons: 2; Orthus, Geryon Notes: 25% surface water .......Terraformed in the 40th to 45th Centuries A.D.

                                                                                   



circumference at equator: 13,960 miles








The Moons of
~ ABDERUS ~

	Orthus Distance from Abderus: 49,270 miles Lunar month: 5.801 earth days                       (8.51 Abderus days) Diameter: 731 miles Arc Diameter*: 0°51' Gravity: 0.05 g Notes: 1,800 Orthusian Months or “Orethars” for every 60 Abderitan years; The Orthusian Cycle
	Geryon Distance from Abderus: 98,860 miles Lunar month: 17.402 earth days                       (25.53 Abderus days) Diameter: 1,036 miles Arc Diameter*: 0°36' Gravity: 0.08 g Notes: 1,600 Geryonian Months or “Geryars” for every 160 Abderitan years; The Geryonian Cycle.
	“The Moon” for comparison
* “Arc Diameter” refers to the visual size of the moon as seen from the surface of it's planet. For comparison, the Earth's Moon has an Arc Diameter of 0°30' as seen from Earth.

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