Dwarf Planet

Salacia

TypeDwarf Planet

Mass~4.9 × 10²⁰ kg

Diameter854 km

Orbital Radius6,316 million km

Orbital Period100,090 days

Rotation Period6.09 hours

Known Moons1

Surface Gravity~0.2 m/s²

Average Temp-229 °C

AtmosphereNone

Discovered ByKeith Noll

Discovery Year2000

About Salacia

A dense outer world with a large moon, Actaea. The pair qualify as a binary since they orbit a shared point in space between them.

Salacia has 1 known moons in total.

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