Marthys

Marthys is the 3rd major moon of Glau. It is covered in ice, and has geysers spewing out of the cracks all over the moon's surface.
== Physical Characteristics ==
Marthys is a rather interesting moon. Its tidal forces from Glau aren't quite as extreme as at Eoros, but they do melt a massive ocean underneath it's icy crust. The surface is mostly a dull white, but with reddish cracks criss-crossing it called lineae™. These lineae are also ice, but infused with salt from underground.
Marthys is famous for its subsurface ocean, which is teeming with life, partially helped along by marine snow falling from artificial "Vertical Reefs" built by Terallan colonists. After the reefs were built, evolution was jumpstarted, with Marthysn life intermingling with introduced Terallan and Oceanoan life. The ocean is kept liquid by tidal forces and direct heat emissions from it's parent planet Glau. It has more water than all of Teralla's oceans! 
== Exosphere ==
Marthys, like most moons, has a faint exosphere clinging to its surface. However, Marthys's exosphere is made mostly of oxygen, which is being produced by the plantlife on the vertical reefs. In addition to oxygen, there is carbon dioxide and nitrogen, similar to a very diffuse version of Teralla's atmosphere. 
== Orbit ==
Marthys is in a 4:4:2:1 resonance with Teris, Eo, itself, and Tirtan. This means that for every one orbit it makes, Teris and Eoros make 2 orbits, and Tirtan makes 1/2 an orbit.
It is tidally locked.
== Life ==
Marthys is a barren, icy world, preventing life from existing on its surface due to the lack of atmosphere and high radiation from Glau. However, tidal forces from Glau allow a kilometers deep ocean to form under the moon's icy crust. In the ocean, there was the possibility of life, which led to great interest from Terallan space agencies, which swiftly sent the Marthys Clipper probe, followed up by the redirected Epicco Trek, which landed on its surface and released a few cool submarines. WIP
== Biomes ==
Marthys has seven biomes.
* Lineae
* Surface Habitations
* Chaos Terrain
* Icy Lowlands
* Icy Midlands
* Icy Highlands
* Drill Holes
== Trivia ==
* Marthys is one of the few moons to have a subsurface ocean.
* Marthys was also the third moon of Glau to be colonized by Terallans.
== Population ==
Marthys has a population of 13.6 billion, mainly of a species that call themselves Marthysns, and are 6 meters long. Category:Minmus' Articles
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