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"Minor Planets: Phoebe" by Michael Swanwick
| Michael Swanwick: Minor Planets: Phoebe |
Phoebe is the outermost satellite of Saturn. It is a dull and
generic rock with a retrograde orbit, low albedo, and a diameter
of only 220 kilometers. Despite this, it is easily the second most
interesting moon in the Solar System.
The first most interesting moon in the Solar System is Mimas.
Mimas, which also orbits Saturn, is interesting because it is not
a moon at all, despite its rocky, cratered exterior and lack of
internal activity. It is an alien exploration craft.
When human beings finally arrive in Saturn orbit, they will
discover on the surface of Mimas the mummified and space-suited
remains of a being a full ten meters long. They will refer to this
being only as the Entity. He, she, or it will be found in an
attitude of extreme despair. That fact, and the seeming lack of
any accompanying technology, will be one of the enduring mysteries
of the Age of Space. Unless, of course, somebody thinks to perform
a thorough and careful survey.
Phoebe is where the Entity lost his keys.
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"Minor Planets: Phoebe" by Michael Swanwick
| Michael Swanwick: Minor Planets: Phoebe |
Phoebe is the outermost satellite of Saturn. It is a dull and
generic rock with a retrograde orbit, low albedo, and a diameter
of only 220 kilometers. Despite this, it is easily the second most
interesting moon in the Solar System.
The first most interesting moon in the Solar System is Mimas.
Mimas, which also orbits Saturn, is interesting because it is not
a moon at all, despite its rocky, cratered exterior and lack of
internal activity. It is an alien exploration craft.
When human beings finally arrive in Saturn orbit, they will
discover on the surface of Mimas the mummified and space-suited
remains of a being a full ten meters long. They will refer to this
being only as the Entity. He, she, or it will be found in an
attitude of extreme despair. That fact, and the seeming lack of
any accompanying technology, will be one of the enduring mysteries
of the Age of Space. Unless, of course, somebody thinks to perform
a thorough and careful survey.
Phoebe is where the Entity lost his keys.
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