We know that life outside Earth is something extremely difficult to find and the conditions on the planet we inhabit are far from perfect, but surely someday you have that curiosity: “is there life other than ours on another planet?” Then, awakened by curiosity, we embarked on the challenge of creating our habitable exoplanet.

Our planet is called “LAE-F07” (Distant Alternative Earth based on Kepler 22-B, it is located in the constellation Cygnus, 587.1 light years from Earth. LAE has 2.4 times the radius of Earth, being a Super-Earth, with gravity between 5 and 10 times greater than it. To be a biologically habitable planet, LAE has an inclination of about 90°allowing an average temperature of 22°C, making it a planet with distinct poles during its rotation, with a greater tendency towards large glaciers. Its translation takes a total of 290 Earth days, with an average speed of 4 km/s.

For the existence of biological life similar to ours, some factors are essential for its existence, namely: Atmosphere; Hydrosphere; Lithosphere.

LAE's atmosphere is mostly made up of Oxygen, this O2 is released from two sources, the phytoplankton that inhabit the water and the vegetation. Phytoplankton are a group of photosynthetic microorganisms that live on the surface of the water, ensuring its oxygenation. The vegetation comes from soil rich in iron, allowing for a wide variety of flora, species such asIpomoea Carajaensis for example, thus attracting predators according to the food chain, ensuring the sustenance of nutrients for biological life.

Due to its 90° inclination, its hydrosphere is made up of a large amount of glaciers and liquid water where the planet's main source of photosynthesis is found, however with the set of microorganisms that live in the water, it can have a reddish color.

Finally, the lithosphere is made up of rocks and minerals such as iron, with an average temperature of 1,200°C, thus allowing its surface to be rigid, being the 'stage' for our biological life.

Having the main factors for the habitation of life, LAE provides an abyssal fauna from its gravity, thus being the main form of food for biological life. A planet with its own perfect characteristics for life.

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