Atma

Atma is the second planet from Verda B and the second largest presently known terrestrial planet, at twelve earth masses.
== Physical Characteristics ==
Atma is REALLY BIG. It has a mass of 12 Earth Masses, the second largest terrestrial planet known. It also has a really dense atmosphere that makes it the only terrestrial planet who's surface has not been landed on. As such, little is known about it, and there are presently no plans to terraform it. The atmospheric pressure at the surface is approximately 1347 atmospheres, which is just ludicrous.
Atma appears to have a rare state of matter in the lowlands known as supercritical Carbon Dioxide, which is absolutely insane. No wonder no one wants to go here!
== Atmosphere ==
Atma's atmosphere is the thickest atmosphere of any planet that is not a gas giant. Because of this, no expedition has ever reached the surface. No wonder, no one would want to. The pressure in the lowlands of the planet is so high that carbon dioxide is crushed into a supercritical state, which is the most ludicrous thing anyone has ever heard.
When Atma was younger, its atmosphere was likely similar to Teralla's, and may have even had an ecosystem, which died out as the atmosphere thickened to ludicrous extremes due to a runaway greenhouse effect.
== History of Observation ==
Atma was the fourth planet discovered around Verda B for two reasons:
# Atma is HUGE
# Atma has a short orbital period.
However, the first proper images of it were from the Tenacity, the first probe to reach Verda B, and they told people practically nothing about its surface, which was annoying, and the first map of the surface came when the Tenacity II, a cool colony ship, came along and deployed a radar spacecraft, similar to the Magellan, a spacecraft that mapped Venus in the Sol System. Since then, not much interest has been displayed in the surface, and any attempts to reach it end up with the probe being crushed miles above the surface.
Later, even with vast cloud cities floating in the sky, and a cool-lookin' shell world being constructed around the planet, no one has reached the surface.
== Moons ==
Atma has two moons, one of which is being terraformed.
=== Anemoi ===
Anemoi is a massive, dead moon which is currently being terraformed by the Verdan Federation. The terraforming process is not complete, as the atmosphere has just been completed.
=== Aeolus ===
Aeolus is a small, boring asteroid moon with nothing much interesting.
== Possibilities of Life ==
NOPE!
== Biomes ==
Atma has nine biomes, none of which have been explored. SCIENCE!
* Supercritical Oceans
* Valleys
* Lowlands
* Midlands
* Highlands
* Mountains
* Volcanoes
* Lava Flows
* Rifts
== Trivia ==
* Atma is the largest terrestrial planet in the Verda System.
* Atma has the thickest atmosphere of any non-gas giant planet.
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