Asterope IV
TundraNo survey data available. This world remains unexplored.
The ice sheets of Asterope IV stretch to every horizon in shades of blue-white that would make a poet weep—or perhaps that's just the methane-rich atmosphere playing tricks on tired eyes after months in the black. The subsurface geothermal activity creates these haunting steam vents that carve spiral patterns into the frozen crust, a landscape caught between inferno and deep freeze that I've never quite seen replicated, even after Kepler-442b. Worth a full survey, though the cold will be hell on the equipment.
— Captain Vex Moreau, Explorer's Guild Field Journal
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Physical Properties
Radius
5624 km
Mass
0.88 M⊕
Surface Gravity
0.90 g
Temperature
206 K (-67°C)
Atmosphere
0.730 atm — Thin N2/CO2
Day Length
29.8 hours
Orbital Period
13.5 years
Orbital Distance
5.66 AU