Zaherux Region Milky Way / Armstrong Nebula / Grissom Planet View Orbital Period 266.8 Earth Years Radius 6,729 km Day Length 51.5 Earth Hours Atm. Pressure 0.32 atm Surface Temp 959 °C Surface Gravity 0.61 g Mass 0.674 Earth Masses Satellites 1

Location: Milky Way / Armstrong Nebula / Grissom System / Second planet

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Zaherux's nitrogen-argon atmosphere is being blasted away by the solar wind of the blue giant Grissom. Its surface consists of "seas" of loose silica dust, some kilometers deep, which periodically swirl into global sandstorms.

Many unmanned probes to Zaherux have been lost over the years. Though investigation has attributed all to mechanical failure or computational error, a popular extranet meme insists the entire planet is composed of dormant nanotechnology, created millennia ago by a race even more advanced than the Protheans.

According to the story, Zaherux's silica dust is actually "disassembler" robots which periodically awaken to defend themselves. Though discounted by every reputable scientist, this theory has been popularized by a series of sensationalistic texts by asari author Delsae Orthysa.

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