Ganymede

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Places in Fenspace

Ganymede
Planetary characteristics
Orbit	1,070,000 from Jupiter (mean)
Diameter	5,262 km (equatorial)
Surface Gravity	0.14 G
Year	7.154 days
Day	7.154 hours
Mean Temperature	122°K (-151°C)
Atmosphere	n/a
Water/Ice Index	90%
Political Affiliation	Fenspace Convention
Government	Direct Democracy
Capital	Serenity Valley

“	Ganymede isn't the Belt, there's a lot of connectivity between the domes here, mostly for safety purposes. It's actually helped keep things under control a little out here, keeps the pirates from raiding the outlying settlements if they know the militia's five minutes from anywhere, right? The moon's not as tightly wired as you guys back in cislunar, or even around Mars, but trust me; if a dome went dark all of a sudden, the Browncoats would know.	”
—S. Malaclypse Fnord, 20 August 2012

Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System.

History

There were many arguments between the Browncoats and Heinleinians over "ownership" of Ganymede in the early days of the Fen Diaspora, based on the factions' respective source fiction. The Fivers eventually got them to share.

The 2013 Convention was held in Serenity Valley, Ganymede's capital.

Places of Interest

• Serenity Valley (capital)
  • Jupiter Mining Corporation headquarters
• Whedonite domed towns
  • Little Jakarta
  • Shadow
• Heinleinian Juvie "farms in the sky"

Related Links

• Jupiter
• Callisto
• Europa

Related Websites

These are sources of hard-science information and inspirational imagery for anyone who wants to write about the Jovian subsystem in Fenspace. So far, all sites are on NASA servers. Ideally, these links should be incorporated into the articles that should be written for this page, then this section deleted after the articles are posted here.

• Solar System Exploration: Planets: Jupiter
• Milennium Flyby
• The Galileo Project
  • Io's Surface: Under Construction - the Astronomy Picture of the Day for 2008 August 17