Uranus

After the development of mass effect FTL drive, distant Uranus awas the target of a "land rush" to exploit its combination of plentiful helium-3 fuel and shallow (for a gas giant) gravity well. Today Uranus is the largest producer of He-3 in Allance space.

Location: Milky Way / Local Cluster / Sol System

Population: 371,000

Capital: Sakharov Station

Orbital Distance: 19.2 AU

Orbital Period: 121.1 Earth Years

Radius: 25,559 km

Day Length: 17.3 Earth Hours