Enaiposha is the 13th Interstellar Object, the 6th Exoplanet and the 3rd Earth Like obtained in The Beyond Bubble Universe, which can generate Stardust. (Unlocked at Rank 21, branching off of Janssen)
In-Game Description[]
"Enaiposha is a warm super-Earth with hazy skies lit by the rosy glow of a red dwarf. Three times bigger and 8 times more massive than Earth, the planet’s density means a chunk of it must be lighter than rock but heavier than gas. Very likely, Enaiposha is a water world."
Traits[]
Common[]
- Water Worlds (Speed):
"Enaiposha means “awesomely huge body of water” in Maa, a language of East Africa. Water worlds have oceans on the surface, under it, or above it—an atmosphere of water in a liquidy-gas state due to high pressure. Most water worlds are super-Earths or sub-Neptunes."
- Steamy Atmosphere (Payout):
"Even with water, Enaiposha is too toasty to be habitable. Like Venus, it’s shrouded in a steamy atmosphere packed with large molecules—possibly water vapor or methane. Thick, bright clouds block or reflect most of the light from Orkaria (“red ochre”), its star."
Rare[]
- Indirect Observation (Payout):
"Most exoplanets are found by their effects. A planet passes in front of a distant star, and its gravity bends the starlight. Or it transits its own star and briefly dims it. Or its gravity makes the star wobble, shifting the spectrum red or blue—the radial velocity method."
Epic[]
- Cosmology (Speed):
"The scientific study of the universe asks the very biggest questions. How did it form? What came before? How does it work? Is it infinite? Will it die? All the pieces we observe—comets, moons, planets, stars, galaxies, nebulae, and even voids—provide some answers."
- Dark Matter (Payout):
"Dark matter acts like a superhero. It’s everywhere in space and yet invisible. Its gravity distorts huge objects that we can see. It can even buttress a dwarf galaxy against annihilation by a giant one. The duo of dark matter and dark energy make up 95% of the universe."
- Dark Energy (Discount):
"Little is known about dark energy, except that it’s repulsive. Opposing gravity, this strange force causes matter to scatter rather than attract, pushing our universe to expand faster and faster. Dark energy makes up 68% of the universe’s mass-energy density."
Constellations[]
- Eridanus (1.5x Speed):
"Eridanus, The River, is the longest constellation in the sky. It starts near Rigel and twists and turns all the way to its brightest star, Achernar (“River’s End” in Arabic). It was named after Eridu, an early Sumerian city in the marshes of what is now southern Iraq."
- Canis Major (2x Speed):
"Imagine Canis Major, a “Great Dog,” on two hind legs, chasing Lepus the Hare. Or maybe it’s bounding after Orion the Hunter. Meanwhile, Orion’s blue-gemmed belt points back to Sirius, the bright star that bejewels the Great Dog’s neck. A storybook in the sky!"
- Lyra (1.5x Speed):
"Lyra depicts the stringed instrument of Orpheus, a mythical Greek poet said to charm rocks and streams with his songs. Vega, a dazzling white dwarf, is the baseline for comparing color and brightness in other stars. Its apparent magnitude is 0.0."
System Components[]
Exoplanet[]
Enaiposha is an exoplanet that orbits the star GJ 1214, and was discovered in December 2009. It is the most likely known candidate for being an ocean planet.
Achievements[]
- Follow the Water (Rank 3):
"Seekers of extraterrestrials have a motto: Follow the water. That’s because all known life, from bacteria to humans, is made of cells. Water can dissolve more substances than other liquids and carry them in and out of cell membranes—a crucial life function."
- Earth’s Big Sisters (Rank 6):
"TOI-1452b, a warm super-Earth in the habitable zone, could be 30% water by mass. Tiny, rocky Earth is just 1% water. So instead of searching for Earth’s twin, should we focus our life-seeking lenses on Earth’s big sisters? Super-Earths are common in other systems."
Real Image[]
Hypothetical image of GJ 1214 b (Enaiposha)
Sources[]
- Enaiposha — image above taken
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