Planet

A Planet is an astronomical body located in the void, usually orbiting a star.

• The IISS also uses this astrographic term near interchangeably with the term World.

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Please see the following AAB articles for more information:

• Observing Charted Space
  • Astrography
    • Applied Astrography
    • Physical Astrography
    • Social Astrography
  • Planetology
    • Habitable Zone
    • Mainworld
    • Moon
    • Planet
    • Planetoid
    • Ring
    • Satellite
    • Star System
    • World
    • World-System
  • Universal World Profile (UWP)
    • Starport
    • Planetary Size
    • Atmosphere
    • Hydrosphere
    • Population
    • Government
    • Law level
    • Tech level

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Description (Specifications)

No information yet available.

Basic Planetary Types

• Terrestrial (rockball)
• Jovian (gas ball)
• Cthonian (ice ball)
• Planetoid (asteroid, comet, etc.)

Exotic Planetary Types

No information yet available.

• Ellipsoid
• Ringworld
• Sphereworld

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Physical Planetology

1. Big World
2. Cold World
3. Desert World
4. Fluid World
5. Frozen World
6. Garden World
7. Hellworld
8. Hospitable World
9. Hot World
10. Ice World
11. Inferno World
12. Inner World
13. Inhospitable World
14. Locked World
15. Ocean World
16. Outer World
17. Planetoid (Asteroid Belt)
18. Rad World
19. Small World (Worldlet)
20. Storm World
21. Tropical World
22. Tundra World
23. Twilight Zone World
24. Vacuum World
25. Water World

Social Planetology

1. Agricultural World
2. Barren World
3. Die Back World
4. Farming World
5. Industrial World
6. Mining World
7. Nexus World
8. Reserve World

Planetological Sciences

No information yet available.

Planetforming

• Terraforming

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science