Rusk

Rusk is the fourth planet in the New Texas system, named for Thomas Jefferson Rusk, the first Secretary of War of the short-lived Republic of Texas and general at the pivotal Battle of San Jacinto. It is the second inhabited planet in New Texas, with a population of around 400,000, though it is by no means cozy at an average mean temperature of -22C. Currently attempts to increase the atmospheric pressure and warm the planet through various methods are underway. For the moment, the few people on the planet live around the equator, which is covered in taiga while the rest of the planet is either tundra or frozen wasteland. Walking on the surface without a breathing apparatus is not advised as the low atmospheric pressure is akin to standing high up on Mount Everest.

It has a radius of 5446 km and orbits New Texas at 135,411,834 km. Its surface gravity is .78G, making it close enough to Earth’s to have few side effects for permanent residents. A day on Rusk is 21 hours and a year is 333.51 Earth days. The atmosphere is 0.89 atm and consists of N2 70.2%, O2 27.62%, Ar 0.6%, CO2 0.81%. It has a Water-Ice index of 71.69.