SCP-9485

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**SCP-9485:** Born too early; too late; or not at all
**Author:** [[*user OttoBrahestadt]]
**Word Count:** ~520
**Reading time:** 2 minutes
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**Special Containment Procedures:** The anomalous nature of SCP-9485 instances only becomes apparent on close inspection, which due to their being in outer space is impossible for civilian entities. A Foundation disinformation campaign is thus sufficient for containment.

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**Description:** SCP-9485 are a group of --unfertilized-- inert eggs with a radius of 150-600km, found in various locations in the outer Solar System and resembling ordinary celestial objects. A total of 6 instances are known to exist, all beyond the orbit of Jupiter. More are likely to exist elsewhere.

No instance of SCP-9485 shows signs of continuing embryonic development. The causes for this are thought to be diverse.[[footnote]]See Addendum.[[/footnote]] The age of instances cannot be established beyond a rough lower limit of 800 million years. Instances are thought to have been introduced to the solar system simultaneously or within a relatively short timespan.

The structure of a typical SCP-9485 instance is as follows, starting from the surface and proceeding inwards:
# A superficial layer of rock, regolith or water ice, deposited onto the surface over geologic time. Acts as natural camouflage.
# A 10-30km thick layer of metallic iron intersperced with calcite.[[footnote]] The shell. [[/footnote]]
# A 100-200km deep viscous subsurface ocean composed primarily of water.[[footnote]] The albumen. [[/footnote]]
# A solid or semisolid core, often heterogenous.[[footnote]]The vitellus and the embryo.[[/footnote]]

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**Discovery:** Some instances of SCP-9485 have been known to civilian astronomers starting in the 17th century, although their anomalous nature remained unknown until 2005 when a secondary probe launched from unmanned Foundation spacecraft ODYSSEE-3[[footnote]] Known to the public as the //Cassini-Huygens// probe. [[/footnote]] performed induced seismography on //Rhea//, one of the moons of Saturn, and received results consistent with an almost entirely liquid composition. //Rhea// was subsequently classified SCP-9485-1 after testing of other bodies led to similar findings.

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**ADDENDUM 9485-A: CATALOGUE**
//The following is a full list of known SCP-9485 instances.//
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[[cell]]1[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Rhea (Saturn V)[[/cell]]
[[cell]]First recorded instance. The non-differentiated, homogenous structure of the core suggests this instance was never fertilized.[[/cell]]
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[[cell]]2[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Oberon (Uranus IV)[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Coincidentally discovered two months after SCP-9485-1 by the clandestinely launched ODYSSEE-2. The interior of the instance is frozen solid.[[/cell]]
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[[cell]]3[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Mimas (Saturn I)[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Smallest known instance. Contains no discernible core. The most likely explanation is that the impact which created the //Herschel// crater also scrambled the interior of SCP-9485-3.[[/cell]]
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[[cell]]4[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Tethys (Saturn III)[[/cell]]
[[cell]]A drilling rig located on the //Odysseus// crater was able to pierce the crust of SCP-9485-4 in 2018 and retrieve samples from the albumen. Subsequent samples found microbes inadvertedly introduced by the probe had contaminated the interior of SCP-9485-4 and begun consuming the nutrients within. As a result, an ever-expanding but likely temporary ecosystem has formed within SCP-9485-4.[[footnote]]Personnel responsible for overseeing the sterilization of the probe's drillbit and sampling equipment were demoted for gross negligence.[[/footnote]][[/cell]]
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[[cell]]5[[/cell]]
[[cell]]████ (█████)[[/cell]]
[[cell]]**[REDACTED]**[[/cell]]
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[[cell]]6[[/cell]]
[[cell]]//Not Applicable.//[[/cell]]
[[cell]]A trans-Neptunian object. Has yet to be observed by the public. A proposal by senior researcher J. Gilliéron to officially "discover" SCP-9485-6 is under review.[[/cell]]
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[[cell]]//Not Applicable//[[/cell]]
[[cell]]Unconfirmed. A number of asteroids and fragments in the asteroid belt are anomalously high in calcite, suggesting the past presence of an SCP-9485 instance.[[/cell]]
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> **Filename:** Tethys.png
> **Name:** Tethys - Rev 15 (37267740632).png
> **Author:** Justin Cowart
> **License:** CC BY 2.0.
> **Source Link:** [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tethys_-_Rev_15_(37267740632).png Wikimedia Commons]
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