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Aglaea

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Aglaea


AliasesAlbedo

ClassificationMoon
Satellite ofEos
Location11th moon of Eos
Orbital Distance~ 50,000 km


Moon Characteristics

Volume1.41×107 km
Diameter300 km

AtmosphereSurtrite
Atmospheric Height10 km
Crust MaterialValkite

Surface Gravity1.1 G
Gravity Well60 km


Notable Minerals
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Merkerium ore.png
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Kutonium ore.png
Ymrium ore.png
Arkanium ore.png
Nhurgite ore.png
Surtrite ore.png
Karnite ore.png
Charodium ore.png
Lukium ore.png

Aglaea (/əˈɡlə/) is the 11th moon of the Eos sector, and like its sister moons Euphrosyne and Thalia, possesses a bright pink atmosphere that fades to pastel tones of green and blue the deeper one goes. Its surface is relatively smooth, with wide open plains that are occasionally rippled by steep mountain ridges and stalagmite-esque formations.

Nomenclature

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Aglaea or Aglaïa is a goddess and one of the three Charites, known in ancient Rome as the Gratiae (Graces). She is the youngest of the three Graces, and the goddess of radiant beauty, festive splendor, and adornment. Together with her sister Graces, Euphrosyne (mythology) and Thalia (mythology), she attended to the gods and were interchangeably described as the very merriment of celebration, being masters of dancing, singing, and poetry.

And Eurynome, the daughter of Okeanos, beautiful in form, bore him [Zeus] three fair-cheeked Kharites, Aglaea, and Euphrosyne, and lovely Thalia, from whose eyes as they glanced flowed love that unnerves the limbs; and beautiful is their glance beneath their brows.

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