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==Vedere== | ==Vedere== | ||
Vedere orbits Gardato on an orbital plane that is exactly perpendicular to that of the planet. Furthermore, its north pole is tidally locked with Gardato. Thus, throughout its 36-day orbit, the sun follows a bizarre ecliptic in which the sun rises and sets at a different location each day and follows a slightly more curved path along the sky, owing to a paralax introduced by Vedere's orbit. | Vedere orbits Gardato on an orbital plane that is exactly perpendicular to that of the planet, and which keeps the moon at a constant distance from Gardato Prime. Furthermore, its north pole is tidally locked with Gardato. Thus, throughout its 36-day orbit, the sun follows a bizarre ecliptic in which the sun rises and sets at a different location each day and follows a slightly more curved path along the sky, owing to a paralax introduced by Vedere's orbit. | ||
===Observations=== | |||
[[image::gardato.png|thumb|600px|right|alt=Gardato and ring system observed from a distance of 2 million kilometres]] | |||
Vedere was first observed by a deep space survey probe on stardate 238712.22. The probe executed a brief flyby of the Gardato system, capturing several images. Notable is the image on the right of Gardato and its ring system. It is hypothesized that the planet once sported a sizable system of moons which eventually destroyed one another in a tidal tug of war, resulting in the planet's quite sizable ring system and of course the last surviving moon, Vedere. | |||
===Climate=== | ===Climate=== | ||
The Vederan mean equatorial temperature is a cool 15 degrees celcius. Dustings of snow are not uncommon throughout the year and the moon has no seasons. Because of Gardato's radiation and because of its great distance from the sun, Vedere's effective habitable zone extends from just below the equator to around 30 degrees to the south. | The Vederan mean equatorial temperature is a cool 15 degrees celcius. Dustings of snow are not uncommon throughout the year and the moon has no seasons. Because of Gardato's radiation and because of its great distance from the sun, Vedere's effective habitable zone extends from just below the equator to around 30 degrees to the south. Indeed, the inhabitants of do not have a direct line of sight to Gardato and because of the moon's polar orbit it is unclear how or when what we might call post-Capernican astronomy will develop on the moon. | ||
===Culture and Society=== | |||
Little is known about the pre-warp civilization living on Vedere. As has already been mentioned, it is unlikely that Vederans are aware of their place in the cosmos, as it were on account of the moon's extraordinary orbit around Gardato. Because Gardato's radiation it is not possible for an unprotected humanoid to directly observe the planet. Instead, Vederans would only see the rings of the planet as a shimmering line across the sky. | |||