In Star Trek Beyond, we are introduced to the USS Franklin (NX-326). Where does this NX registry, Starship class ship fall in the pre-Kelvin timeline, as compared to the pre-reboot continuity? Assuming "absolute" means Kelvin, 344 - 350 degrees Kelvin is about 70 - 80 degrees Celcius.

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That's the ground itself; a foot above it's 25K cooler (~ 45 - 49C,) The hottest place on Earth (Death Valley according to Google) clocks in at 54C. So yeah, Arrakis is hotter than Earth, but substantially enough to require special effects that show it? I dunno. With leaves or black shade knock off ...

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Captain Pike returned for the epsiode The Menagerie, as well as the Kelvin movies and the upcoming season 2 of Discovery (played by three different actors), but the others have never reappeared outside of clips from The Cage that were reused in The Menagerie. Deceased Characters from Star Trek Discovery