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Planetary Bodies

The range of planetary bodies is greatly varied but can be categorised into 16 general types;

Class Solar Zone Mass to Earth Description
ACold300-1,000Gas Supergiant
BCold10-1,000Gas Giant
CGreenEqualGreenhouse gas, No water
DGreenEqualNew, Molten (Cools to E)
EGreenEqualNew, Just cooling (Cools to F)
FGreenEqualNew, Surface crystallising (Cools to C, M, or N)
GHotEqualHot, Heavy gases
HCold1-1/10New, molten (Cools to L)
IAny1/100No atmosphere (like Moon)
JHot1/10Volatile atmosphere (if at all)
KHot1/10Tenuos atmosphere (with liquid water)
LCold1-1/10Frozen atmosphere
MGreenEqualAbundant life (Earth like)
NGreenEqual97% surface is liquid water. Abundant life
SCold10,000Gas Ultra-giant, produces light and heat (just short of Sun like fusion)
TCold3,000Gas Supergiant (with Liquid Water)