The
Encyclopędia Planetę
Gliese 783 B
The uuTaan System
And the
primary world of Tagua
presented by
the Exploration Society's Institute of Planetological Natural History
Asimovian worlds such as Tagua are
essentially methane equivalents to Gaian worlds. As such, their
atmospheres tend to be somewhat more dynamic than their less active cousins, the
Titanian worlds.
Tagua is a typical example, although the liquid cycle is more active than most,
resulting in a very fluid
upper atmosphere. In this view, the primary planet of Surogua is in the
background.
While Asimovian worlds are called the
methane equivalent to Gaian worlds, Tagua as an example looks
quite different when it is seen without its perpetual cover of clouds.
Geological forces drive the fluid
mantel material upward, while reconstituting that which is drawn downward.
The result is no clear or
distinct "continents", and instead the billions of years worth of activity have
created a random mix of
land and methane seas.
Seen from above the cloud deck of Tagua,
the Jovian world of Surogua is a spectacular sight. And
yet, from the dim surface of Tagua, it is forever hidden from the sight of those
creatures which live there.
The primary planet of Surogua is a dynamic
Jovic world, driven far more by its own internal heat than
by any amount of heat from the red dwarf primary.
The arc of rings stretches over the top of
Surogua, a diamond-bright necklace of ices. To the right,
barely visible, is the small disk of distant Tagua, over one million kilometers
away.
From a distance, Surogua is illuminated
from two sources. The light of the red dwarf sun, about which
the planet orbits, comes from the lower right. From above, however, comes
the light from the system's
much brighter primary star.