The Grove
The Grove is forward operating base on Aberdeen in the Stanton system. It sits at 23.2 degrees suedlich latitude and 137.7 degrees longitude.
Day and night on Aberdeen
A full day on Aberdeen lasts 2 hours 36 minutes, and roughly half of that is daylight. In Stanton and Pyro every body lies in one plane with no axial tilt — so there are no seasons, and the daylight phase is the same length everywhere. The directory below works out in real time when the sun is up at The Grove.
Approach
The nearest quantum point on Aberdeen is Klescher Rehabilitation Facility. From there it is 250.3 km on the shortest route (great circle) or 253.2 km on a fixed compass heading of 77.5 degrees. At 250 m/s and 2 km altitude that works out to roughly 17 minutes of flight time. The great circle is shorter but needs constant correction; on the rhumb line you hold one heading.
Orbital markers
Distances from The Grove to the six orbital markers. It works the other way round too: read those numbers off your HUD and you can work out exactly where you are.
| OM-1 | 570.15 km |
| OM-2 | 387.96 km |
| OM-3 | 317.69 km |
| OM-4 | 612.09 km |
| OM-5 | 623.27 km |
| OM-6 | 295.15 km |
Mining on Aberdeen
Ship mining on Aberdeen turns up: Aluminium, Titanium, Ouratite, Quantanium. The deposits were gathered by players; CIG adjusts the rates with every patch.
Sun position now
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