Brobdingnag- Land of the Giants
IMPORTANT STATISTICS- Brobdingnag, population 9,700,000. Capital New Houston, population 997,600 founded in 2214 (lat 40°N/long 100°W).
Planet name: Brobdingnag
Equatorial diameter: 13,255 kilometers
Mass (Earth = 1): 1.16
Surface gravity: 1.07 g
Escape velocity: 11.8 km/s
Albedo: 0.34
Atmospheric pressure at mean sea level: 1.12 bars
Fraction of surface covered by land: 19%
Maximum elevation above sea level: 8726 meters
Length of day: 14 hours 2 minutes
Length of year: 360 Earth standard days
Obliquity: 15 degrees
Von Roenstadt habitability factor (Earth = 1): 0.91
Current population: 9.7
Number of major population centers: 7
Year settled: 2214 cetc
Number of Moons: zero
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Star Name: Chi 1 Orionis
Star type: GOV
Distance from Earth: 28.3 light years
Distance from planet: 1.0 AU (Earth-Sol = 1 AU)
Star Mass: 1.03 (Sol = 1)
Travel time from Earth
Ship’s time: 61 days
Planet time: 89 days
Atmospheric Composition:
Oxygen: 18%
Nitrogen: 80%
Carbon dioxide and inert gasses: 2%
Figure 3.8.002 – Brobdingnag View From Space