Alpha 5

Known to everyone as A5, the fifth planet of Alpha Centauri B is the only Earth-like planet known to human science. A5 orbits at 3 AU. from its primary and is 30% larger than Earth, but its lower density ensures that gravity is virtually the same as the home world. A5 is a desert world, with most of its surface water locked up in two enormous polar icecaps. the temperature range on the surface is midway between Earth and Mars, and Priya says it ‘smells like cinnamon’…