Vulcan (Star Trek planet)

In the fictional Star Trek universe, Vulcan, or Vulcanis, is a reddish Minshara-Class planet orbiting the star 40 Eridani A, 16 light years from Earth.

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Fictional - Star Trek - Minshara-Class - Planet - 40 Eridani A - Earth

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Much of its surface consists of deserts and mountain ranges, and large areas are set aside as wilderness preserves. It is much hotter than Earth and its atmosphere is thinner; as a result, humans tend to tire out more quickly. Zones of habitation are divided into provinces. Vulcan has no moon, although it does have a lunar colony, according to the episode Unimatrix Zero ().

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Desert - Mountain - Wilderness - Atmosphere - Province - Moon - Unimatrix Zero

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The planet is thought to have been settled by colonists from Sargon's planet in approximately 500,000 B.C.E. Their descendants became known as the Vulcan race.

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Colonists - Vulcan

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