Charon

Charon

Charon is the largest moon of Pluto, so massive relative to its parent body that the system is sometimes considered a binary dwarf planet. In Terra Invicta, this distant world offers habitation potential and represents an important outpost in the Pluto system.

Parameter	Value
Diameter	1,212 km
Orbits	Pluto
Orbital Period	6.39 days (synchronous with Pluto)
Distance from Pluto	19,591 km
Atmosphere	None
Habitation Sites	4
Satellites	None
Available Orbits	LowCharonOrbit HighCharonOrbit

Mining Sites

Notes:

• Negative values are not a bug, the game actually sets the median to a negative value to make it incredibly unlikely for the site to have a positive mine output. But note that the actual mined amount cannot actually be negative.
• Blank values indicate that the site can never produce this resource. In contrast, 0 indicates that there is still up to 50% chance for the site to produce the resource.
• Values shown do not take into account the final capping of the Noble Metals output to just 1/2 or 1/3 of the Base Metals output.
• Top 50% Mean is the average value of the top 50% of possible rolls. It is also a much looser estimate than the median because it cannot handle edge cases such as where the mininum value is too close to the median value.

MedianTop 50% Mean

Site Name	Parent Body	Mining Profile	Max Hab Tier	Median Resources (after Mass/Density Modifiers)
Nemo Crater	Charon	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	75	25	15	8	0
Clarke Montes	Charon	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	75	25	15	8	0
Nasreddin Crater	Charon	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	75	25	15	8	0
Argo Chasma	Charon	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	75	25	15	8	0
Total: 4 Hab Sites				300	100	60	32	0

Site Name	Parent Body	Mining Profile	Max Hab Tier	Estimated Top 50% Mean Resources (after Mass/Density Modifiers)
Nemo Crater	Charon	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	77.5	33.571	28.333	12.286	0.5
Clarke Montes	Charon	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	77.5	33.571	28.333	12.286	0.5
Nasreddin Crater	Charon	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	77.5	33.571	28.333	12.286	0.5
Argo Chasma	Charon	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	77.5	33.571	28.333	12.286	0.5
Total: 4 Hab Sites				310	134.286	113.333	49.143	2

Strategic Value

With 4 habitation sites, Charon complements Pluto to provide substantial combined colonial potential in this distant system. Its synchronous orbit with Pluto creates a unique binary system where both bodies are tidally locked to each other. This arrangement offers stability advantages for certain types of operations and makes travel between the two bodies relatively straightforward.

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