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Published: 2011-09-11 15:23:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 2205; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 14
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Geb in Globe form.Geb is approximately 4.343 billion years old, making it younger than the Earth by about 200 million years. It is about as old as Earth when it was halfway through its Triassic period. All but two of continents have merged together into one super continent named Colossica. It is divided in different regions based on their primary environments, including a the Great Grassland at the center.
At first glance, the megafauna that inhabit Geb strongly resemble dinosaurs. However, they mostly share similarities with monotremes because they lay eggs, nurse their young with milk that oozes from their skin, possess fur coats (that are slowly disappearing as the planet warms up) and a high metabolic rate. Some other animals, like the pteropods, give birth to larvae that pupate into the adult stage. The ice age was so brutal that many plants had to eat animals to obtain the essential nutrients, making Geb the planet with the most species of carnivorous plants known at this time.
Most life forms on Geb were given names derived from Latin words. There are a few exceptions that include the first few species identified which were instead given original names.
All stats are estimations that may be corrected in the future.
Diameter: ~12,109.9 km (other source suggest it is almost exactly 12,000.9 km)
Radius: ~6,054.95 km
Surface Land: 32%
Surface Water: 68%
Atmosphere: 70% nitrogen, 28% oxygen, 1% water vapor, 1% other
Year Length: 365 Earth Days
Day Length: 28 Earth Hours
Age: ~4.263 billion years
Distance from Sun: 150 million km
Stars: 1 Yellow Dwarf
Moons: 2
Other Features:
Geb's oceans have a lower salinity level. During the ice age, the oceans were full with millions of icebergs that eventually merged into a large ice sheet. The sheet was shattered when a meteorite struck which created the Meteor Islands and ended the ice age.
Geb has two moons: Isis and Osiris. Isis is very similar structure to our moon, although somewhat more "rocky". Osiris is a ~100 km long non-spherical asteroid that got caught in Geb's gravitational pull.
Geb is said to give off a primeval and danger vibe to its first human explorers, almost like traveling back in time to prehistoric Earth.
View in map form: tapejara.deviantart.com/art/Ma…
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Comments: 18
space-commander [2012-10-13 14:14:32 +0000 UTC]
Greetings again, Tapejara. Just wanted to let you know I posted a link for this one in my group's newsletter ([link] ). Disclaimer: It's not part of the OPaaT Project, I just listed it as a planet worth seeing.
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space-commander [2012-05-30 22:24:19 +0000 UTC]
how can 100% of its water be fresh? (i don't think life could have evolved in a hypotonic solution)
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Tapejara In reply to space-commander [2012-05-30 23:05:46 +0000 UTC]
well I'm sure other minerals can do the trick.
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Tapejara In reply to Jaldithas [2011-11-03 12:52:11 +0000 UTC]
Well most amateurs don't know that yet. I personally believed not all dinosaurs were warm blooded because they haven't split off from reptiles into birds just yet. Some of them were warm blooded for sure, especially those with newfound feathers like Velociraptor, but I have a hard time believing that "long necks" for example were closer to birds.
Still, if you can find me an article with credible points that show that ALL dinosaurs were warm blooded, I won't mind reading something scientific after all those exams I got this semestre.
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OblivionJunkey94 [2011-10-09 13:22:26 +0000 UTC]
I like the natural history of this Planet how do you think up the names of your planets?
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Tapejara In reply to OblivionJunkey94 [2011-10-09 18:40:38 +0000 UTC]
All planets in Geb7's system are named after egyptian deities
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OblivionJunkey94 In reply to Tapejara [2011-10-09 22:58:20 +0000 UTC]
Okay hence Ra then lol
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Stalafos [2011-09-11 15:27:20 +0000 UTC]
This is really good! Is this supposed to be when most of the earth was once together? Man, I can never do this cool stuff. Especially the glow effect. Stupid MS paint...
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Stalafos In reply to Tapejara [2011-09-11 19:20:42 +0000 UTC]
It's not? Sure looks like it. But what do you use to make this?
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Tapejara In reply to Stalafos [2011-09-11 20:08:43 +0000 UTC]
Adobe Photoshop. I believe it's the 2007 version I used. Layers are awesome.
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