Original submission for Meatball Moon | ||
Original submission, by PhoenixBlue [2023-02-17 10:38:23] | ||
DISCOVERER | ||
→ | CMDR Xanrae | |
NAME | ||
→ | Meatball Moon | |
SYSTEMNAME | ||
→ | Dryi Ain AP-I d9-2 | |
CATEGORY | ||
→ | Planetary Features | |
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REGION | ||
→ | Formidine Rift | |
LATITUDE | ||
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SUMMARY | ||
→ | Body C 1 a in this system has a radius of only 154 km, making it one of the smallest astronomical bodies in the galaxy. | |
DESCRIPTION | ||
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→ | This system has a number of remarkable features, including a Sudarsky Class V gas giant that orbits its binary parent stars at a distance of about 12 light-seconds. But the most interesting feature of this system is body C 1 a, a moon with a radius of just 154 km. By comparison: Quantum World, the smallest discovered moon in the galaxy, has a radius only 15 km smaller. The primary stars in this system are A-class and K-class, with a Sudarsky Class V gas giant orbiting just 12 light-seconds from their epicenter. The C star has only one planet and one moon, whose irregular shape and iron-nickel composition make it look like a meatball. The body four times smaller than its parent planet and 70 times less massive, with a surface gravity only 0.04 Earth-normal. Tidal forces from the C star and parent planet heat the moon's interior, producing silicate fumaroles and gas vents across the moon's surface. | |
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