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Cyadon 2 orbits Cyadon in just over three and a half days, with an orbital radius of about 670,900 km. With an orbital eccentricity of only 0.009. Like its fellow Cyadon satellites, Cyadon 2 is tidally locked to Cyadon, with one hemisphere of Cyadon 2 constantly facing Cyadon. Because of this, there is a sub-Cyadon point on Cyadon 2's surface, from which Cyadon would appear to hang directly overhead.
Cyadon 2 orbits Cyadon in just over three and a half days, with an orbital radius of about 670,900 km. With an orbital eccentricity of only 0.009. Like its fellow Cyadon satellites, Cyadon 2 is tidally locked to Cyadon, with one hemisphere of Cyadon 2 constantly facing Cyadon. Because of this, there is a sub-Cyadon point on Cyadon 2's surface, from which Cyadon would appear to hang directly overhead.


== Physical characteristics ==
== Bulk characteristics ==
=== Size ===
 
Cyadon 2 has a mean radius of 1,825.3 km (1,131.7 mi) and a mass of 8.9319×1022 kg. It is a slight ellipsoid in shape, with its longest axis directed toward Cyadon. Based on its bulk density of 1.94 g/cm3, Cyadon 2's composition is half ice and half rocky material and silicate rock and iron, which is closer in bulk composition to the terrestrial planets than to other satellites of Cyadon. It is being the only moon of the Tau Lanus System with a magnetic field.
 
Cyadon 2 is partially differentiated into distinct layers with rocky center. This rocky center is surrounded by several layers composed of different crystalline forms of ice. Its interior may still be hot enough for a liquid layer consisting of a "magma" composed of water and ammonia between the ice Ih crust and deeper ice layers made of high-pressure forms of ice. The presence of ammonia allows water to remain liquid even at a temperature as low as 176 K (−97 °C)
 
=== Surface features ===
 
The surface of Cyadon 2 as complex, fluid-processed, and geologically young. Cyadon 2 has been around since the Tau Lanus System's formation, but its surface is much younger. Geological processes may have reshaped Cyadon 2's surface. Cyadon 2's atmosphere is four times as thick as Earth's, making it difficult for astronomical instruments to image its surface in the visible light spectrum.
 
The first images revealed a diverse geology, with both rough and smooth areas.  Examination has also shown the surface to be relatively smooth; the few objects that seem to be impact craters appeared to have been filled in, perhaps by raining hydrocarbons or volcanoes. Cyadon 2's surface is marked by broad regions of bright and dark terrain. The convoluted region is filled with hills and cut by valleys and chasms.

Revision as of 20:40, 1 May 2023

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Designations
H3 Haven
Orbital characteristics
Periapsis664862 km
Apoapsis676938 km
670900 km
Eccentricity0.0094
3.551181 d (84 h, 302.400 s)
15.334 km/s
Inclination0.34854° (to Cyadon's equator)
Satellite ofCyadon
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
1825 km
41910000 km2
Volume2.53×1010 km3
Mass8.931938×1022 kg
Mean density
1.942 g/cm3
1.352 m/s2 (0.138 g) (0.835 Moon's)
0.3414±0.0005(estimate)
2.641 km/s (0.236 Earth's) (1.11 Moon's)
Synchronous
Zero (to the orbital plane)
Albedo0.22
Temperature175.9 K (−97.2 °C)
8.2 to 9.0
Atmosphere
Surface pressure
121.3 kPa (1.2 atm)
Composition by volumeVariable

Stratosphere:
98.4% nitrogen (N2),
1.4% methane (CH4),
0.2% hydrogen (H2);

Lower troposphere:
95.0% N2, 4.9% CH4;

Cyadon 2 2, is the second closest satellit to Cyadon and ranks third in size among the satellites of Cyadon, is the only body in the Tau Lanus System besides Kelera for which the stable existence of liquid on the surface has been proven, and the only satellite of the planet with a dense atmosphere. There is a working colony on the satellite for the maintenance of an autonomous helium-3 extraction station located between the low orbit and the upper atmosphere of the ice (gas) giant Cyadon and further transportation of helium-3 on planet of Kelera.

Orbit and rotation

Cyadon 2 orbits Cyadon in just over three and a half days, with an orbital radius of about 670,900 km. With an orbital eccentricity of only 0.009. Like its fellow Cyadon satellites, Cyadon 2 is tidally locked to Cyadon, with one hemisphere of Cyadon 2 constantly facing Cyadon. Because of this, there is a sub-Cyadon point on Cyadon 2's surface, from which Cyadon would appear to hang directly overhead.

Bulk characteristics

Cyadon 2 has a mean radius of 1,825.3 km (1,131.7 mi) and a mass of 8.9319×1022 kg. It is a slight ellipsoid in shape, with its longest axis directed toward Cyadon. Based on its bulk density of 1.94 g/cm3, Cyadon 2's composition is half ice and half rocky material and silicate rock and iron, which is closer in bulk composition to the terrestrial planets than to other satellites of Cyadon. It is being the only moon of the Tau Lanus System with a magnetic field.

Cyadon 2 is partially differentiated into distinct layers with rocky center. This rocky center is surrounded by several layers composed of different crystalline forms of ice. Its interior may still be hot enough for a liquid layer consisting of a "magma" composed of water and ammonia between the ice Ih crust and deeper ice layers made of high-pressure forms of ice. The presence of ammonia allows water to remain liquid even at a temperature as low as 176 K (−97 °C)

Surface features

The surface of Cyadon 2 as complex, fluid-processed, and geologically young. Cyadon 2 has been around since the Tau Lanus System's formation, but its surface is much younger. Geological processes may have reshaped Cyadon 2's surface. Cyadon 2's atmosphere is four times as thick as Earth's, making it difficult for astronomical instruments to image its surface in the visible light spectrum.

The first images revealed a diverse geology, with both rough and smooth areas. Examination has also shown the surface to be relatively smooth; the few objects that seem to be impact craters appeared to have been filled in, perhaps by raining hydrocarbons or volcanoes. Cyadon 2's surface is marked by broad regions of bright and dark terrain. The convoluted region is filled with hills and cut by valleys and chasms.