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MINBAR

Minbar is the seventh planet from their sun. Almost one-forth of the planet is covered by the north polar icecap. Minbar is rich with crystalline deposits. Many of their cities, like Yedor, the capital, are carved out of these crystal formations.

Tuzanor as viewed from the Temple of Valen | illustration by Tim Earles
Tuzanor as viewed from the Temple of Valen
illustration by Tim Earles

One of Minbar's moons serves as a penal colony for the rare  cases of homicide that occasion Minbar.

Additional colonies in the Minbar System are: Minbar Station, Dronato Colony, and Lekk Station.

Type
Terrestrial Homeworld with heavy crystalline deposits

Position
Chi Draconis A: 25.11 ly from Earth
Seventh planet obiting the local binary stars

Local Star Type
Minbar is located in a binary  solar system.

Length of Year
1.5 standard years (1 day  = 20 hours 47 minutes)

Moons
2

Atmosphere
Oxygen/Nitrogen

Hydrosphere
40% surface area (north polar icecap covers  23% of the planet's surface)

Gravity
Standard

Capital City
Yedor

Population
4 billion (*est.)

[SOURCE: ]

Voltayre's Encyclopedia Xenobiologica
a guide to the Babylon 5 universe