GALERIA
Being 40 light-years away, Trappist-1e / Galeria was too far for the OEM to fully explore prior to sending the SOULS.
However, two exploratory probes had been sent, enabling the OEM to gather the necessary data to inform the genetic adaptations essential for the SOULS’ long-term survival.
While Galeria’s atmosphere was similar to Earth’s in that it could sustain carbon-based life, it was also more extreme, with a wider range of temperatures and harsher environments. Raging rivers of ice chunks flow broken off from glaciers that tower above anything on Earth. Oceans boil close to Galeria’s equator but become more temperate towards the poles.
Ancient volcanoes that erupted regularly and carved lava luges down their mountainous sides have been re-placed with lush green valleys and spring water flowing through the previous molten tracks.
DISCOVERY
Discovered by Spitzer Space Telescope on 22 February 2017 and originally named TRAPPIST-1e or 2MASS J23062928-0502285e.
It orbits within the habitable zone around the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 approximately 40 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Aquarius. We found the exoplanet by using the transit method, in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured. (Wikipedia)
CORE CHARACTERISTICS
TEMPERATURES
TOPOGRAPHY
ATMOSPHERE
Lunar Calendar
One full revolution around TRAPPIST-1 takes only 6 Earth days (~146 hours) to complete. It orbits at a distance of 0.02928285 AU, or just under 3% the separation between Earth and the Sun (Source: Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST-1e
HEATMAP
