| Revision for Gaulkhan's Reach | ||
| Previous Revision, by CMDR Sheehy [2022-10-27 18:17:22] | → | Selected revision, by CMDR Marx [2022-10-28 12:04:28] |
| DISCOVERER | ||
| CMDR Sheehy | → | CMDR Sheehy |
| NAME | ||
| Gaulkhan's Reach | → | Gaulkhan's Reach |
| SYSTEMNAME | ||
| Fedguia UT-Z c16-10 | → | Fedguia UT-Z c16-10 |
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| Planetary Features | → | Planetary Features |
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| REGION | ||
| Achilles' Altar | → | Achilles' Altar |
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| SUMMARY | ||
| A shepherd moon with geysers that orbits 1,447 km from its parent's rings. | → | A shepherd moon with geysers that orbits 1,447 km from its parent's rings. |
| DESCRIPTION | ||
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Gaulkhan's Reach is the first shepherd moon of Fedguia UT-Z c-16-10 3. It is so close that, orbitting at 1,447km from the ring, you can watch the ring pass by 600km above you. The moon is riven with high-wall canyons and double canyons. Geysers add to the atmosphere, with opportunities for SRV exploration of the nearby rings. (photo to follow!) Those rings contain 3 tritium hotspots, with one double tritium/grandidierite overlap. A third ring is so light it cannot be seen by the naked eye, but its ghostly presence makes the first three moons shepherd moons. The fourth moon is a landable thin atmospheric world with rings and surface life. The high orbital inclination allows it to overlook the parent.
This world was discovered on the Fatherhood's Lost in Space expedition of 3308. The world is named after the expedition trip leader, who suffered at the hands of a hurricane just a day before the expedition was due to start, yet managed to rejoin the expedition a week later. A short video tour is available (here) The passing of the moon from the rings can be viewed (here) | → | Gaulkhan's Reach is the first shepherd moon of Fedguia UT-Z c-16-10 3. It is so close to its parent that you can watch the ring pass by 600 km above you. The moon is riven with high-wall canyons and double canyons. Geysers add to the atmosphere, with opportunities for SRV exploration of the nearby rings. (photo to follow!) Those rings contain 3 tritium hotspots, with one double tritium-grandidierite overlap. The third ring is so thin that it cannot be seen by the naked eye, but its ghostly presence makes the first three moons shepherd moons. The fourth moon is a landable thin atmospheric world with rings and surface life. Its high orbital inclination provides great views of its parent gas giant's rings.
This world was discovered on the Fatherhood's Lost in Space expedition of 3308. The world is named after the expedition trip leader, who was caught in a hurricane just a day before the expedition was due to start, yet managed to rejoin the expedition a week later. A short video tour is available (here). |
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