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~ The ~
ALTAIR SYSTEM









Proper Name
of Planet
Formal
Designation
& classification
Planetary Statistics
Planet's
Major Moons
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Planets of Altair

Distance from Earth: 98 trillion miles (16.7 light-years)
Star Type: A7IV, white main-sequence star
Diameter of sun: 1,590,000 miles (1.8 Rsun)
Age of System: 540 million earth years

Siraeid

Altair I
Scorched Venusian World

Distance from sun: 59 million miles
Diameter: 12,225 miles (1.54 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 131.49 earth days (98 Sirean days)
Solar Day: 12:20 earth hours
Atmosphere: 3400 psi; H2O, CO2, SO2
Surface Temp.: 490°C
Gravity: 2.15 g
Axil Tilt: 16°
Moons: 1 major, 6 minor

Sierith

Altair II
Hot Lunar World

Distance from sun: 121 million miles
Diameter: 1,587 miles (0.2 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 387.17 earth days (288 Sirean days)
Solar Day: 32:56 earth hours
Surface Temp.: 153°C
Atmosphere: none
Gravity: 0.25 g
Axil Tilt: 72°
Moons: 3

Sarthalath

Altair III
Blue Gas Giant

Distance from sun: 214 million miles
Diameter: 88,856 miles (11.21 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 912.9 earth days (679 Sirean days)
Solar Day: 8:18 earth hours
Atmosphere: H2, He
Surface Temp.: 58°C
Gravity: 29 g
Axil Tilt: 84°
Moons: 2 major, 41 minor

Sireac

Altair IV
Hot, Semi-arid Terrestrial World

Distance from sun: 316 million miles
Diameter: 9,529 miles (1.20 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 1,640.76 earth days (1203.125 Sirean days)
Lunar Year: 1,724.58 earth days (1,220 or 1,322 Sirean days)
Solar Day: 32:44 earth hours
Atmosphere: 15 psi; N2, O2
Gravity: 1.06 g
Axil Tilt: 16°
Moons: 4
Notes: 45% surface water
.......Colonised in 4004 A.D.
.......Terraformed in the 41st to 46th Centuries.
Shadira
Shinnana
Shuwa
Shamash

Ithnar & Thamaniya

Altair V & VI
A double-planet:
Both Cold Desert Worlds


Distance from sun: 716 million miles
Distance from eachother: 22,670 miles
Orbital Period: 15.31 earth years (3.2 Sirean years)
Solar Day: 69:48 earth hours *same as orbit about each other
Axil Tilt: 2°
Moons: 2 major, 10 minor

Diameter of Ithnar: 6,268 miles (0.79 Earth's diameter)
Surface Temp.: -102°C
Atmosphere: 0.4 psi; CO2
Gravity: 0.41 g

Diameter of Thamaniya: 5,934 miles (0.75 Earth's diameter)
Surface Temp.: -98°C
Atmosphere: 1.6 psi; CO2
Gravity: 0.39 g

Arcamsa

Altair VII
Golden Gas Giant

Distance from sun: 1,106 million miles
Diameter: 95,886 miles (12.1 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 29.41 earth years (6.2 Sirean years)
Solar Day: 9:04 earth hours
Atmosphere: H2, He
Surface Temp.: -146°C
Gravity: 8.77 g
Axil Tilt: 9°
Moons: 6 major, 5 medium, 60+ minor

Arsitta

Altair VIII
Blue Gas Giant w/ Rings

Distance from sun: 1,785 million miles
Diameter: 30,503 miles (3.85 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 60.28 earth years (12.8 Sirean years)
Solar Day: earth hours
Atmosphere: H2, He
Surface Temp.: -150°C
Gravity: 2.08 g
Axil Tilt: 62°
Moons: 4 minor

Arsabac

Altair IX
Pale-blue Ice Giant

Distance from sun: 2,480 million miles
Diameter: 29,016 miles (3.66 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 98.86 earth years (21 Sirean years)
Solar Day: 8:36 earth hours
Atmosphere: H2, He
Surface Temp.: -187°C
Gravity: 1.93 g
Axil Tilt: 72°
Moons: 9 major; 20 minor

Sieraeda

Altair X
Frozen Ice World w/ Rings

Distance from sun: 3,625 million miles
Diameter: 10,764 miles (1.36 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 174.52 earth years (37 Sirean years)
Solar Day: 18:44 earth hours
Surface Temp.: -204°C
Atmosphere: 0.4 psi; CH4, C2H4
Gravity: 0.67 g
Axil Tilt: 39°
Moons: 6, 5 minor

Sieracas

Altair XI
Cold Lunar World

Distance from sun: 10,130 million miles
Diameter: 3,492 miles (0.44 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 815 earth years (173 Sirean years)
Solar Day: 29:47 earth hours
Surface Temp.: -237°C
Atmosphere: none
Gravity: 0.27 g
Axil Tilt: 86°
Moons: 2 minor

Planet X

Altair XII
Frigid Gas Giant

Distance from sun: 27,400 to 53,350 million miles
Orbital Period: 6,501 earth years (1,377 Sirean years)
Diameter: 36,770 miles

Planet X-2

Altair XIII
Frigid Gas Giant

Distance from sun: 43,700 to 118,000 million miles
Orbital Period: 18,388 earth years (3,894 Sirean years)
Diameter: 43,890 miles









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