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EXILES TO GLORY

 

To Dan Alderson, the sane genius

CERES

 
Asteroid at average distance 257 million miles (2.767 AU) from sun.
Mass: 8 X 1023 grams
Radius: 370 kilometers
Surface area: somewhat larger than the state of Texas
Period: 4.6 years
Rotation: 9 hours, 5 minutes
Surface gravity: 38.9 centimeters/second = .04 Earth gravity
Escape Velocity: 5.37 X 104 centimeters/second
Path velocity in orbit: 17.9 kilometers/second
 

Largely composed of stone, Ceres has an easily accessible metallic core containing rich, commercially valuable deposits of gold, silver, tin, copper, nickel, and iron. The most valuable minerals are the super-heavy elements, particularly Arthurium, which exists in recoverable quantities. Water-ice has been found both in permafrost and underground deposits.

 

 

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