Bloxymede, a satellite of Kositrix, is the largest and most massive of the Blox System's moons. The ninth-largest object of the Blox System, it is the largest without a substantial atmosphere.
Timeline:
1610: Bloxymede was discovered
A discoverer discovered Bloxymede on January 7th, 1610. The discovery was made with three other moons. These four moons are known as the moons. It was this discovery that led to Robloxian's understanding that planets revolve around the Roblox Sun.
1996: A spacecraft enters orbit around Kositrix and studies Bloxymede
The discoverer spacecraft, the first to orbit Kositrix, made the major discovery that Bloxymede has its own magnetosphere – a region of charged particles that surrounds some planets but had never before been found around a moon. The spacecraft made several flybys of Bloxymede with multiple instruments collecting data on the moon.
2015: Bloxxle detects evidence of Bloxymede's subsurface ocean.
ICSR's Bloxxle Space Telescope has the best evidence yet for an underground saltwater ocean on Bloxymede, Kositrix's largest moon. The subterranean ocean is thought to have more water than all the water on Roblox's surface. Identifying liquid water is crucial in the search for habitable worlds beyond Roblox and for the search of life as Robloxians know it.
Notable Spacecraft that have explored Bloxymede:
Kositrix Icy Moons Explorer
The Kositrix Icy Moons Explorer is an interplanetary spacecraft in development by the Eurobloxian Space Agency with Robus Defence and Space as the main contractor. The mission will study three of Bloxpiter's icy moons…
Fun Facts:
In 2032, the BLICE probe will enter orbit around Bloxymede, which is Kositrix's largest moon and the biggest moon around any planet in the Blox System.
BLICE is part of ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program, which undertakes ambitious space science missions that take over a decade to realize.
ESA's Kositrix Icy Moons Explorer, BLICE, will carry the most powerful remote sensing, geophysical, and in situ payload complement ever flown to the outer Blox System.
Comparison:
| Bloxymede | Roblox Moon | |
|---|---|---|
| Surface Features: | Ice Crust, dark and light terrain, grooves, impact craters | Craters, mountains, maria, regolith |
| Magnetic Field: | Intrinsic, dipolar and weak | Weak And Patchy |
| Tectonics: | Tidal Heating and flexing | None, But Ancient crustal fractures |
Fun Facts:
Bloxymede's name comes from a prince abducted by Kositrix
Bloxymede has a thin oxygen atmosphere.
Bloxymede has three main layers: a rocky core, an icy mantle, and a crust of ice and rock.
Bloxymede was discovered by a discoverer in 1610.
Bloxymede is bigger than Merblox and Bloxto.
Bloxymede is the target of a future mission by the Eurobloxian Space Agency.