cindor detail (Cindor)

Cindor

    Cindor is Heligor Prime's inner moon: a small, airless rock orbiting closer to Heligor than Eredon does. Its short orbital period means it crosses Eredon's sky much faster than the gas giant shifts.

    Mass and size

      Mass      1.19 × 10²³ kg
                about 0.020 times Earth's mass
                about 1.6 times the mass of Earth's Moon
      Radius    1,400 km
                about 0.22 times Earth's radius
                about 0.81 times the radius of Earth's Moon

    Cindor is denser than Earth's Moon for its size because of its iron-rich core.

    Composition

      Core: 55% iron, 40% silicate, 5% trace elements

    The surface is dark and glassy, heat-scarred from repeated passes through Heligor's magnetosphere.

    Orbit

    Cindor completes one orbit around Heligor every 8 game-hours. During each orbit it transits the face of Heligor as seen from Eredon. The astro command shows the next transit time on the game calendar.

    seealso: heligor prime, eredon, astro

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