# Terraforming and Temperature

**URL:** <https://aurora4x.com/t/terraforming-and-temperature/1231>\
**Category:** Player Questions\
**Created:** [October 24, 2026, 8:13am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/terraforming-and-temperature/1231 "2026-10-24T08:13:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/davidr/32/311_2.png) [@davidr](https://aurora4x.com/u/davidr)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 8:13am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/terraforming-and-temperature/1231/1 "2026-10-24T08:13:59Z")

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Can anyone help please with a little query :-

I have a planet which is terraformed to a current colony cost of 0.000 ( on the planet Economics screen )

At present the Base Temperature shows -40.132 and -9.978 . The Maximum Temperature shows -12.603 and 33.003.

However the System Generation and Display screen for this planet shows 6 periods (1-6) , all showing a C.C of 0.00 except for Period 6 which shows 0.02. There are 2 months ( 1 & 2 both showing 0.00 ) and showing an Orbital Period of 37 Days.

Is there anyway to know in which period/ month the colony is currently situated ? I can find nothing to indicate if this information is available.

Also do I have to wait and look every turn to see when the Colony Cost on the Planet screen increases to 0.02 before adding Aestusium ( which I assume is going to be necessary ) or is there an easier way.

Any thoughts would be appreciated

DavidR

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**Author:** ![pappy\_reen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/pappy_reen/32/2205_2.png) [@pappy\_reen](https://aurora4x.com/u/pappy_reen)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/terraforming-and-temperature/1231/2 "2026-10-24T08:53:49Z")

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On the system screen there is a toggle to show Max cc rather than min which is the default

You can also see on the Terraforming screen (environment) the colony cost at max and min distance from star (apoapsis and paranthelion).

I think using these you should be able to work out what you need to do to get perfectly into the sweet spot.

P.S. for ease, can you share a screenshot of that environment screen and the planet in the system view (planet with lots of moons)

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**Author:** ![skoormit](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/skoormit/32/341_2.png) [@skoormit](https://aurora4x.com/u/skoormit)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/terraforming-and-temperature/1231/3 "2026-10-24T12:47:14Z")

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> [@pappy\_reen](#):
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> On the system screen there is a toggle to show Max cc rather than min which is the default

Current ColCost is the default. Not min.