| Revision for Meatball Moon | ||
| Previous Revision, by PhoenixBlue [2023-02-17 10:38:23] | → | Selected revision, by PhoenixBlue [2023-02-17 10:38:56] |
| DISCOVERER | ||
| CMDR Xanrae | → | CMDR Xanrae |
| NAME | ||
| Meatball Moon | → | Meatball Moon |
| SYSTEMNAME | ||
| Dryi Ain AP-I d9-2 | → | Dryi Ain AP-I d9-2 |
| CATEGORY | ||
| Planetary Features | → | Planetary Features |
| CATEGORY 2 | ||
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| REGION | ||
| Formidine Rift | → | Formidine Rift |
| LATITUDE | ||
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| LONGITUDE | ||
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| CALLSIGN | ||
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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. | → | 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. | → | 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. |
| JOURNAL | ||
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| OBSERVATORY | ||
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