Janssen is the 12th Interstellar Object, the 5th Exoplanet and the 2nd Earth Like obtained in The Beyond Bubble Universe, which can generate Stardust. (Unlocked at Rank 20, branching off of Kepler-70b)
In-Game Description[]
"Designated 55 Cancri e, Janssen is a super-Earth that orbits a sunlike star far too closely for life to exist. What’s intriguing is its extreme density. The planet is twice the size of Earth, but 9 times more massive. That means it’s terrestrial, but made of what?"
Traits[]
Common[]
- Diamond Crust (Speed):
"Imagine a sea of lava bejeweled with diamonds and bathed by a liquidy-gas atmosphere. The planet’s extreme density suggests a carbon core mixed with iron and other heavy elements under intense pressure. Pressurized carbon takes the form of graphite and diamond."
- Tidal Lock (Payout):
"One molten side of Janssen faces its star at all times in what’s called a tidal lock. On the dark side, clouds of molecular minerals condense into rain, made sparkly by the glowing lava below. Planets like Earth that are not tidally locked are more hospitable to life."
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[]
55 Cancri e (formally named Janssen) is an exoplanet in the orbit of its Sun-like host star 55 Cancri A.
Achievements[]
- Soot Line (Rank 3):
"In a baby star system, the soot line marks a carbon-rich zone in the protoplanetary disk where carbon stays solid instead of vaporizing. That’s where Janssen was born—but not Earth. Despite being populated by carbon-based life forms, our planet is carbon poor."
- Prime Location (Rank 6):
"LHS 1140 b is a dense super-Earth, like Janssen, but in a prime location. It orbits a red dwarf squarely in the habitable zone, the life-friendly distance from a star where water stays liquid. Bathed in moderate heat and light, it’s a planet ripe for further study."
Real Image[]
Hypothetical image of 55 Cancri e (Janssen)
Sources[]
- Janssen — image above taken
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