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Given Cart'hen II seems to be similar in size to Pluto and Eris (half the diameter of Mercury), it's probably a Dwarf Planet. More scientific than "rockball". Adding SI measurements.
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(Given Cart'hen II seems to be similar in size to Pluto and Eris (half the diameter of Mercury), it's probably a Dwarf Planet. More scientific than "rockball". Adding SI measurements.) |
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The Cart'hen star is a White Dwarf with a stellar mass of about 0.8 | The Cart'hen star is a White Dwarf with a stellar mass of about 0.8 | ||
Any orbital bodies within 1 AU (astronomical unit = 93 million miles = distance between Earth and its sun) were destroyed when the star expanded into a red giant before | Any orbital bodies within 1 AU (astronomical unit = 93 million miles = distance between Earth and its sun) were destroyed when the star expanded into a red giant before collapsing into a white dwarf | ||
'''Location''' - Cart'hen star system is located in space sector designated - Starbase 118 - This space sector is divided almost equally between the Federation, Klingon and Romulan Empires. Cart'hen is approximately 4 lightyears from Starbase 118 near the center of the sector. | '''Location''' - Cart'hen star system is located in space sector designated - Starbase 118 - This space sector is divided almost equally between the Federation, Klingon and Romulan Empires. Cart'hen is approximately 4 lightyears from Starbase 118 near the center of the sector. | ||
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'''Cart'hen I''' = asteroid belt... destroyed remains of a planet. | '''Cart'hen I''' = asteroid belt... destroyed remains of a planet. | ||
'''Cart'hen II''' = a | '''Cart'hen II''' = a dwarf planet with a diameter of 1273.5 km (791.5 miles). | ||
'''[[Cart'hen III]]''' | '''[[Cart'hen III]]''' | ||
*a hot desert planet with a diameter of 4,378.4 miles... | *a hot desert planet with a diameter of 7,044.8km (4,378.4 miles)... | ||
*a density of 7.6 (this is an extremely dense world with mostly heavy metals forming its core) | *a density of 7.6 (this is an extremely dense world with mostly heavy metals forming its core) | ||
*a gravity of 0.76 G's | *a gravity of 0.76 G's | ||