Gijon C480203-9

3220 Crucis Margin

This planet is inhospitable to human life and has little native life of its own.  That life which it does have is all desert specialized.  In the dense atmosphere, storms are frequent and fierce.  A mining station exploits a large deposit if rare earth minerals and a few hardy prospectors seeks out and work smaller deposits.  Water is processed from hydrous minerals for life support purposes and for fuel manufacture.  Deposits are playing out and some of the population has emigrated. 

Twelve planets comprise this system, the innermost four being bare rocks of 2000 km diameter or less.  Gijon is fifth and has one 1000 km diameter rock as a satellite.  Sixth, seventh, and eigth are larger rocks of about 3000 km diameter with several minor rocks for satellites.  Ninth and tenth are gas giants with 21 minor rocks for satellites between them.  Large numbers of ice asteroids orbit in the trailing trojan position of the ninth planet and tentative plans have been advanced to bombard Gijon with them to raise the hydrographic percentage.  The last two positions are occupied by minor rocks with thin crusts of frozen gases.

Gijon is a member-world of the Union Crucis, of the Cast faction.

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