ALFA III
System Data
| System Name: | Alpha Canaris |
| Number of Class M: | 2 |
| Planetary Data | |
| Position in system: | 4 |
| Number of satellites: | 7 |
| Planetary gravity: | 1.2g |
| Planetary size | |
| Diameter: | 10,200 km |
| Equatorial circumference: | 36,800 km |
| Total surface area: | 370,000,000 sq km |
| Percent land mass: | 40% |
| Total land area: | 148,000,000 sq km |
| Planetary conditions | |
| Length of day: | 22 hrs |
| Atmospheric density: | Terresterial |
| General climate: | Warm |
| Mineral Content | |
| Normal metals: | 70% |
| Radioactives: | 20% |
| Gemstones: | 05% |
| Industrial crystals: | Trace |
| Special minerals: | Trace |
| Cultural Data | |
| Dominant life form: | Human |
| Technological/ sociopolitical index: |
885753-88 |
| Planetary trade profile: | BCBDBBC/C (B) |
Colonized in Terra's 22nd
century as Terra Four, Alpha III is now one of the major cultural and
administrative centers of the Confederation, and on of the seven members of
the Confederation
Security Council. Alpha III is noted in Confedration history as the birthplace
of the famous
Statutes of Alpha III, considered one of the most important political documents
ever written. These
statutes created a republic based on the ancient Terran Platonic system, and
have served as a model
for other political systems ever since.
See also here.