Adonis II

Facts

• Primary: Adonis
• Class L (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
• Inhabitants: Platycaud
• Atmospheric composition: Nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen sulfide (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
• Gravity: Below 0.5g (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
• Rotational period: 98.2 hours (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
• Orbits in resonance with Adonis III, providing geothermal heat through tidal interactions (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
• Site of Manraloth stasis field until 2360 (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
  • Stasis field collapsed April 6, 2360, damaging local platycaud population (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
  • Survivors: 22 Manraloth (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
• Uninhabitable by humanoids due to hyperonic radiation (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)

Indigenous Life

Plant

• Local plantlife appears black rather than green (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
  • Due to low output from Adonis largely in infrared range (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
  • Largely flat, spongy, to maximize surface area (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)