Luna

Luna

Luna, commonly known as the Moon, is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth-largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest relative to its parent planet. Luna serves as humanity's first stepping stone to space exploration and offers 9 habitation sites in the game.

Basic Information

Parameter	Value
Diameter	3,476.2 km
Orbits	Earth
Orbital Period	27.3 days
Distance from Earth	384,400 km (0.00257 AU)
Atmosphere	None (vacuum)
Habitation Sites	9
Satellites	None
Available Orbits	LowLunarOrbit MediumLunarOrbit HighLunarOrbit

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)
Tsiolkovskiy Crater	Luna	Lunar	4		0	10		0
Shackleton Crater	Luna	Lunar South Polar	4	10	0	10		0
Mare Tranquillitatis	Luna	Sea of Tranquility Region	4		0	10	0	0
Peary Crater	Luna	Lunar North Polar	4	10	0	10		0
Copernicus Crater	Luna	Copernicus Region	4		0	15		0.1
Mare Imbrium	Luna	Lunar	4		0	10		0
Tycho Crater	Luna	Lunar	4		0	10		0
D'Alembert Crater	Luna	Lunar	4		0	10		0
Korolev Crater	Luna	Lunar	4		0	10		0
Total: 9 Hab Sites				20	0	95	0	0.1

Site Name	Parent Body	Mining Profile	Max Hab Tier	Estimated Top 50% Mean Resources (after Mass/Density Modifiers)
Tsiolkovskiy Crater	Luna	Lunar	4		0	16.429		1
Shackleton Crater	Luna	Lunar South Polar	4	12.5	0	12.5		0.5
Mare Tranquillitatis	Luna	Sea of Tranquility Region	4		0	14.286	2.5	0.667
Peary Crater	Luna	Lunar North Polar	4	11.765	0	12.5		0.5
Copernicus Crater	Luna	Copernicus Region	4		0	19.286		1.1
Mare Imbrium	Luna	Lunar	4		0	16.429		1
Tycho Crater	Luna	Lunar	4		0	16.429		1
D'Alembert Crater	Luna	Lunar	4		0	16.429		1
Korolev Crater	Luna	Lunar	4		0	16.429		1
Total: 9 Hab Sites				24.265	0	140.714	2.5	7.767

Strategic Value

Luna's proximity to Earth makes it an ideal location for early expansion. Its habitation sites offer valuable resources and its low gravity well makes it efficient for launching missions to other parts of the Solar System. One or more of Luna's habitation sites may occassionally have valuable Fissiles deposits.