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Harvest

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Harvest
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Astrographical

System:

Epsilon Indi system[1][2]

Orbiting:

Epsilon Indi[1][2]

Orbital position:

Fourth planet[1][2]

Moon(s):

None[2]

Physical

Diameter:

4,012 kilometres (2,493 mi)[1][2]

Gravity:

0.998 G[1][2]

Length of day:

17.5 hours[2]

Atmosphere:

1.02 (N2, O2)[1][2]

Surface temperature:

-19°C to 42°C (-2°F to 108°F)[1][2]

Societal

Species:

Human

Population:

  • Approximately 3,000,000[Note 1]
  • 0 (modern)

Colonized:

2468[1][2]

Government:

 

Harvest, also known as Epsilon Indi IV,[3] designated CE-309-8 d by the Forerunners,[2][4] was a human Outer Colony world founded as a "breadbasket" world. Founded in 2468 by the CAA Skidbladnir,[5] the colony was the most remote at the time of its founding.[6][Note 2] Located in the Epsilon Indi system,[7] the planet had the unfortunate distinction of being the first human planet discovered and destroyed by the Covenant. After a disastrous first contact, the planet was subsequently glassed by the Covenant, but most of its population managed to escape in freighters.[8]

Overview[edit]

Astronomical features[edit]

Harvest was a small planet, approximately one-third the size of Earth with an equatorial diameter of slightly more than 4,000 kilometers (2,484 miles), making Harvest slightly smaller than the Sol planet Mercury.[7] In terms of surface area, Harvest possessed ~50 million km², roughly one-tenth the surface area of Earth. Harvest orbited Epsilon Indi extremely quickly, much faster than most other UNSC colonies, at roughly 150,000 km/h, or ~41 km/sec (by comparison, Earth orbits Sol at roughly 30 km/sec). Harvest had no natural satellites. Harvest also has a day/night cycle only 17.5 Earth hours long. Out of a total of five planets in the Epsilon Indi system, Harvest was the only habitable planet, as well as being fertile for farming.[9]

Harvest was a significant source of agricultural exports to much of human space.

Environmental features[edit]

The super-continent Edda dominated the planet, taking up roughly 67% of its surface. Two low-salinity seas covered the remainder of the planet, Hugin to the north, and Munin to the south. Almost 86% of Edda is within 500 meters of sea level, the only major change in elevation is the Bifrost, an escarpment that "cuts" Edda in half.[9]

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