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Previous Revision, by PhoenixBlue [2023-02-17 10:38:56] | → | Selected revision, by PhoenixBlue [2023-02-17 11:54:50] |
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CMDR Xanrae | → | CMDR Xanrae |
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Meatball Moon | → | Meatball Moon |
SYSTEMNAME | ||
Dryi Ain AP-I d9-2 | → | Dryi Ain AP-I d9-2 |
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Planetary Features | → | Planetary Features |
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REGION | ||
Formidine Rift | → | Formidine Rift |
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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 is 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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