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Planets come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and accordingly provide different materials. There are 8 types of planets that players can exploit. [[Planets#Barren|Barren]], [[Planets#Gas|Gas]], [[Planets#Ice|Ice]], [[Planets#Lava|Lava]], [[Planets#Oceanic|Oceanic]], [[Planets#Plasma|Plasma]], [[Planets#Storm|Storm]], and [[Planets#Temperate|Temperate]]. There are also [[Planets#Shattered|Shattered]] planets, but these are very rare and provide no resources. Each planet provides five resources. However, Autotrophs (Temperate), Felsic Magma (Lava), and Reactive Gas (Gas) are three unique resources that only exist on their respective planet types.

At first you will be limited to a single planet, so initially you need to figure out what you're interested in harvesting and/or producing, pick the planet most appropriate for that activity, and then look for an example with the right resources in abundance. Note that planets in lower security systems are richer overall -- see [[Good Planets]] for some analysis. While you can colonize planets in unclaimed or NPC nullsec (even wormhole space!) you '''''cannot''''' colonize planets in territory claimed by an alliance other than your own.

To actually look for a planet you can use several different methods. You can fly to planets and click them, select the planet from your overview, or use the map by selecting planets from the Orbital Bodies tab on the Solar system information window. Regardless of how you select your planet, you'll want to use the "View in Planet Mode" option to zoom in on the planet.

You can see a planet's overall resource abundance from anywhere, but the planet must be within your [[Skills:Planet_Management#Remote_Sensing|Remote Sensing]] skill range for you to actually perform a Scan operation for a specific resource (i.e. show its "heat" map). You can manage a planet you've already colonized from anywhere using the Science and Industry window in the NeoCom by selecting the "planets" tab.