Cart'hen system

The Cart'hen star is a class V main sequence star, type K (orange spectrum) with a stellar mass of about 0.9. (in relation to Sol)

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.

Cart'hen I

Cart'hen II

it's orbit is approximately 105 million km from it's star
a hot desert planet with a diameter of 10,005.2km (6218.3 miles).
a density of 6.1
a gravity of 0.86 G's
a thin atmosphere with a pressure of about 0.76 earth normal, (will need aid of respirator at any elevation above 500 feet)with nitrogen 72%, oxygen 23% and argon 3%
no noticeable season variation due to there being no axial tilt
temperatures are on average 43C during the day and dropping to 32C at night, (in rare cases it has gone as high as 54C)
no surface water (all water is obtained through wells or drilling)
with a year of 332 days, each day 37.6 hours long
it has a population of 600,000, made up of over 30 different races
technically a part of the Federation it is a lawless planet that at one time was part of the Klingon Empire

Asteroid belt

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