Minbari

The Minbari are a fictional race in the Babylon 5 universe. Their homeworld is Minbar. Although they are considerably younger than the ancient First Ones, they are among the oldest of the younger races. The Minbari are more advanced in technology than humans, and have had spaceflight capability for over 1,000 years.

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Minbar is a fictional planet, the homeworld of the Minbari race on the science fiction television series Babylon 5. The planet and race were named (by Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski) after the Islamic pulpit known as a minbar.

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Minbar is located in the Chi Draconis A star system - a binary star system. It is the seventh planet in orbit around the local suns. The system is just over 25 light years from Earth. Like Earth, Minbar has an oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere. The polar caps are larger than those on Earth, the northern cap covers 23% of the planet's surface. On the whole, Minbar's climate is colder than that of Earth. The planet is noted for vast crystalline structures, many cities are carved directly from crystal. Minbar's year is about 1.5 Earth years. Its day is shorter than Earth's, being 20 hours and 47 minutes. It has two moons. The population of the planet is about 4 billion, and the capital city is located at Yedor.

Babylon 5: Babylon 5 is an epic science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The music for the TV series and related TV movies was composed by Christopher Franke. The pilot movie, The Gathering, aired on February 22, 1993, and the regular series initially ...

Minbar: :This article is about the type of pulpit. See also Minbar (planet) for the fictional planet from the Babylon 5 setting....

First Ones: The First Ones is the collective name of a fictional group of aliens from the television science fiction drama Babylon 5....