Major Topics:
- Defines Geotic planemons as habitable terrestrial-class worlds (rocky–metallic composition) where humans can survive with minimal adaptation.
- Establishes parameter corridors wider than Gaeans but still viable for Earth-based life:
- Mass (m): 0.30–3.35 ⨁
- Density (ρ): 0.85–1.25 ⨁
- Surface Gravity (g): 0.60–1.65 ⨁
- Radius (r): 0.60–1.50 ⨁
- Escape Velocity (vₑ): 0.65–1.50 ⨁
- Emphasizes that density is tightly bounded to ensure terrestrial composition, while mass and radius are more flexible.
- Geotics may require atmospheric processing, infrastructure, or selective siting, but can still yield shirtsleeve environments.
Key Terms & Symbols:
- Geotic — Habitable terrestrial-class planemon.
- m, ρ, g, r, vₑ — Fundamental planemon parameters (Earth-relative).
- Marginal Earth-twins — Near the edge of Gaean ranges.
- Super-Earths (high-gravity Geotics) — Heavier but still habitable.
- Cooler, lighter Earthlikes — Lower-pressure, lower-gravity variants.
Cross-Check Notes:
- All Gaeans are Geotics, but not all Geotics are Gaeans.
- Broader corridors allow for habitability beyond strict shirtsleeve optimum.
- Complements Gaean and Gravity One Corridor entries by defining the wider viable zone.
Major Topics:
- Defines Gaean planemons as the subset of Geotics that are fully hospitable (shirtsleeve worlds).
- Parameter bounds:
- Mass (m): 0.45–1.85 ⨁
- Density (ρ): 0.85–1.25 ⨁
- Gravity (g): 0.90–1.10 ⨁
- Radius (r): 0.70–1.30 ⨁
- Escape velocity (vₑ): 0.80–1.20 ⨁
- Core criterion: Earth-normal surface gravity (±10%).
- Introduces the Gravity One Corridor — the locus of mass–density pairs that yield g = 1.000 ⨁.
Key Terms & Symbols:
- m — Mass (⨁).
- ρ — Density (⨁).
- g — Surface gravity (⨁).
- r — Radius (⨁).
- vₑ — Escape velocity (⨁).
- Gravity One Corridor — Parameter-space path yielding g = 1.000 ⨁.
- Gaean — Shirtsleeve-hospitable planemon.
- Geotic — Broader class of human-hospitable or parahabitable planemons.
Cross-Check Notes:
- All Gaeans are Geotics, but not all Geotics are Gaeans.
- Gravity One Corridor acts as the ideal comfort baseline; deviations reduce biomechanical ease, increase escape energy cost, or complicate stability/terraforming.
- About 17.7% of Geotics fall within/near this corridor.
- Provides reference framework for distinguishing hospitable (Gaean) vs. merely habitable (Geotic) worlds.
Major Topics:
- Defines Argeic planemons as parahabitable super-Earths, favorable to robust biospheres but often inhospitable to unmodified humans.
- Parameter corridors:
- Mass (m): 1.00–3.00 ⨁
- Density (ρ): 0.85–1.25 ⨁
- Surface Gravity (g): 0.85–1.70 ⨁
- Radius (r): 0.90–1.50 ⨁
- Escape Velocity (vₑ): 0.95–1.50 ⨁
- Overlap with Gaeans: ≈13.9% of Argeics fall within Gaean gravity bounds (0.9–1.1 ⨁), making them unusually favorable worlds with both Earthlike conditions and enhanced biospheric potential.
- Core Feature: Larger, denser terrestrial bodies → broader climatic bands, longer tectonic–volcanic cycling, stronger magnetospheres, and more biospheric resilience (“superhabitable” qualities).
- Implications for settlement: Human colonization possible but requires adaptation: medical mitigation for high gravity, structural reinforcement, climate control.
- Distinction:
- All Argeics are Geotics, but skew toward higher mass/density.
- Only a small subset are Gaean.
- Serves as the WCB counterpart to “superhabitable” exoplanets in the scientific literature.
Key Terms & Symbols:
- Argeic — Parahabitable terrestrial super-Earth, biosphere-rich but human-straining.
- m, ρ, g, r, vₑ — Fundamental planemon parameters (Earth-relative).
- Superhabitable Zone — WCB framing of biosphere-enhancing corridors.
- Overlap Fraction: ≈13.9% of Argeics are also Gaean.
Cross-Check Notes:
- Consolidates external “superhabitable” terminology under the WCB neolex Argeic.
- Provides numeric corridors to distinguish Argeics from Geotics and Gaeans.
- Complements Justifying Parahabitable Parameter Limits by filling in the higher-mass end of the spectrum.
Major Topics:
- Defines Telluric planemons as solid- or semi-solid-surfaced worlds across a wide mass range, regardless of habitability.
- Parameter ranges (relative to Earth units ⨁):
- Mass (m): ⟨0.01 ∧ 10.00⟩
- Density (ρ): ⟨0.50 ∧ 7.00⟩
- Surface gravity (g): ⟨0.15 ∧ 8.00⟩
- Radius (r): ⟨0.15 ∧ 3.00⟩
- Escape velocity (vₑ): ⟨0.20 ∧ 3.00⟩
- Encompasses rocky, metallic, and icy planemons: Earthlike planets, super-Earths, sub-Earths, Mars, Titan, Ganymede, Io, Kepler-20b, etc.
- Core role in canon:
- All Geotic, Gaean, and Argeic planemons are subsets of Tellurics.
- ~4.8% of Tellurics are Geotics; ~0.55% are Gaeans; ~3.6% are Argeics.
- Many Tellurics are parahabitable: survivable only with life support, domes, or partial terraforming.
- Symbolic note: term derives from Tellus (Earth-mother), but used structurally, not biologically.
Relations to Other Types:
- Overlaps with Xenotic planemons in rocky mass range.
- Differentiation: Telluric = structural (rocky/icy/metallic) vs. Xenotic = exotic composition.
Key Terms & Symbols:
- Telluric [NEW].
- Geotic [neo], Gaean [neo], Argeic [neo], Xenotic [neo], Parahabitable [neo] (already canonical, here reinforced).
Cross-Check Notes:
- Introduces Telluric as a new umbrella category.
- Integrates existing WCB planemon types (Geotic, Gaean, Argeic, Xenotic, Parahabitable) under this umbrella.
- Status: [NEW + EXPANDED] — Telluric is newly defined; expands canon by clarifying relationships among existing planemon classes.
Major Topics:
- Defines Xenotic planemons as worlds whose potential biospheres are non-Earthlike, supporting alien chemistries or life systems (non-carbonic, non-water-based, etc.).
- Parameter envelope (relative to Earth units ⨁):
- Mass: ⟨0.0001 ∧ 4131⟩
- Density: ⟨0.01 ∧ 7.00⟩
- Gravity: ⟨0.02 ∧ 60.00⟩
- Radius: ⟨0.02 ∧ 11.00⟩
- Escape velocity: ⟨0.02 ∧ 25.00⟩
- Emphasis: Xenotic classification is not structural (unlike Telluric, Geotic, etc.), but biological, about what kinds of life might emerge.
- Inclusions: ammonia/methane-based biospheres, silicon-based or plasma-phase life, deep high-pressure gas giant biota, crystalline metabolic substrates, etc.
- Exclusions: simply being Geotic or Gaean does not make a world Xenotic. A planet may fall within Gaean/Geotic physical parameters and still be Xenotic if its biosphere is alien.
- Symbolic origin: from Greek xenos (ξένος), “stranger,” “outsider.”
Key Terms & Symbols:
- Xenotic [NEW].
- Gaean, Geotic, Telluric [neo]: overlapping categories, but distinct.
Cross-Check Notes:
- Xenotic does not appear in earlier canon abstracts — this file introduces it formally.
- Distinction is clear: Telluric = structure, Gaean = Earthlike habitability, Xenotic = alien biosphere potential.
- Status: [NEW] — introduces Xenotic as a new category of planemons defined by biotic potential outside Earth norms.
Major Topics:
- Summarizes the external concept of “superhabitable planemons” (Heller & Armstrong, 2014), proposed as worlds more conducive to diverse biospheres than Earth.
- Criteria include:
- Stellar hosts: spectral classes M0–G9, masses ⟨0.359 ∧ 0.817⨀⟩, lifetimes ≥ 3 Ga.
- planemon properties:
- Mass: ⟨2.0 ∧ 3.0⨁⟩ (optimum ≈ 2.0⨁).
- Radius: ⟨1.260 ∧ 1.442⨁⟩ (Earthlike density/gravitation).
- Strong tectonics, carbon–silicate cycling, thicker atmosphere, stronger magnetic shielding.
- Flatter surface, shallower oceans with ~71% global coverage.
- Mean temperature ≈ 25 °C; O₂ concentration > 20.95%.
- Orbits near the center of the host star’s habitable zone.
- Scientific rationale: slightly more massive than Earth → longer tectonic/geological cycling, better climate stabilization, stronger magnetic protection, smoother surface conditions.
- Supported by Noack & Breuer (2011) on tectonic propensity in 1–5 M⊕ range.
Relation to WCB Canon:
- WCB does not use the term “superhabitable.”
- Instead, these criteria are encompassed within Argeic planemons, which refine the same concept for WCB internal classifications.
- External term is acknowledged for context but not adopted into lexicon.
Key Terms & Symbols:
- Superhabitable [exo]: external concept (Heller & Armstrong, 2014).
- Argeic planemons [neo]: WCB equivalent classification.
- Carbon–Silicate Cycle [sci].
Cross-Check Notes:
- Argeic planemons are already part of WCB classification.
- “Superhabitable” remains external-only, acknowledged but not canonized.
- Status: [EXPANDED + EXO] — expands habitability framework with external criteria; adopts internal Argeic equivalent.
Major Topics:
- Defines micromon as a distinct category of Small Stellar System Bodies (SSSBs), separate from planemons (planetary-mass objects) and stellamons (stellar-mass objects).
- Establishes a compositional/conformational taxonomy with three main classes:
- Telluroids: rocky/metallic micromons (e.g., S-type, C-type, Vestoids, M-type).
- Astatoids: volatile-rich micromons, subdivided into:
- Pagooid (icy)
- Fluxoid (liquid-dominated, hypothetical)
- Ceroid (ice + subsurface ocean)
- Ulsoids: exotic or cryptic micromons, subdivided into:
- Exotoid (exotic matter)
- Cryptoid (mysterious/unclassified, e.g. ‘Oumuamua).
- Establishes upper bounds for micromon classification: ≤ 250 µT (0.00025 T) or ≤ 600 km radius.
- Distinguishes meteoroids as a size-only category (<1 m), separate from micromon conformations.
- Draws parallels with familiar Solar System bodies (asteroids, comets, icy moons) while introducing new subtypes for speculative/exotic cases.
Key Terms & Symbols:
- micromon: umbrella category for small stellar system bodies.
- Telluroid, Astatoid, Ulsoid: principal micromon conformations.
- Pagooid, Fluxoid, Ceroid, Exotoid, Cryptoid: subtype classifications.
- µT (Teras Mass Unit): threshold measure for micromon mass (≤ 250 µT).
Cross-Check Notes:
- Glossary entries for micromon and Telluroid were newly added in v1.222.
- Glossary entries for Astatoid, Ceroid, Fluxoid, Ulsoid, Exotoid, Cryptoid were updated in v1.222 to replace placeholder structural definitions with these refined compositional/conformational definitions.
- Reinforces WCB’s hierarchical taxonomy: stellamon → planemon → micromon → Conformations.
- Aligns terminology with the broader WCB classification framework and avoids conflict with deprecated placeholder definitions.