Phaeton

Poul Anderson, Harvest Of Stars, 53.

Phaeton reminds us of Satan. When, every fourteen standard years, the planet passes near Alpha Centauri A:

frozen gas explodes into geysers and clouds;

melting ice becomes cataracts and floods;

coasts are "...drowned..." (p. 457);

there are hurricanes, rainstorms and lightning;

stones torrent from mountains;

there is blazing light and hard radiation.

Kyra and Rinndalir explore Phaeton when it is farthest from A and crusted in snow.