Ganymede

Ganymede, Sol Vc, Jupiter III
INFORMATION
Quadrant:	Alpha
Star System:	Sol
Affiliations:	United Federation of Planets, Jovian Colonies
Natives:	Ganymedans (Human)
ASTROMETRIC DATA
Star Type(s):	G:V (Yellow Main Sequence Star)
Number of Planets:	9
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LIFE DATA
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At a Glance

Ganymede, named after a boy of unsurpassed beauty who enraptured the Greek god Zeus, is the largest satellite in the Sol star system. Ganymede itself is larger than the planet Mercury, though quite a bit less dense. Ganymede is the seat of power for both the Jovian Colonies and the Outer Worlds Commonwealth. It is the third moon of the gas giant Jupiter, standing outside the worst of Jupiter's magnetosphere and radiation effects. Despite that, Genymedean settlements are frequently sub-regolith "warren colonies", dug into Ganymede's rock and ice. Only the occasional reinforced dome or sky vent give a view of their massive parent planet.