Erolaeus

Erolaeus
Astrography
Star	Szon
Type	Gas giant
Satellites	50
Gravity	N/A
Orbital distance	21 AU
Day length	9.7 hours
Year length	87.8 years
Diameter	55,823 km
Axial tilt	135°
Temperature
Average	55 K
Minimum	51 K
Maximum	59 K
Atmosphere
Composition	80% hydrogen, 12% helium, 7% nitrogen, 1% other
Surface pressure	7.7 atm
Demographics
Population	4,235,934 (all moons)
Imports	None
Exports	Helium-3, Minerals

Erolaeus is a gas giant that appears purple due to high amounts of nitrogen in the upper atmosphere.

Physical characteristics

Erolaeus orbits outside the dust cloud that surrounds the Szon system. As a result, it captures many meteors and other interstellar objects. Enkladius catches most of what Erolaeus misses.

Erolaues has an unusual axial tilt of 135°. As a result, its ring system, while not vertical, is tilted in the complete opposite direction as the gas giant Heszton.

Moons

Erolaeus has numerous tiny moons, most of which are just tiny asteroids. Erolaeus was settled for its rich deposits of iridium as well as a readily available source of water-ice found in the moon Thaloss which will fall below Erolaeus' Roche limit within the next one million years. This gives it a landscape of erupting geysers quite similar to Ucharpli's moon Revlis'maan.

Colonization

Erolaeus has many helium-3 mines orbiting the gas giant, while the main facilities were set up on Thaloss. The gas giant Heszton is often used for fueling the Szon system with helium-3 while Erolaeus is intended for exporting to other systems. As a result, Erolaeus is the largest producer of helium-3 in the Twin Hearts Nebula.

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