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Tantalus

 

Tantalus is a planetary system orbiting a white/yellow F-class star.  The system lies in the Orion Constellation of the Betelgeuse Region.

 
The Tantalus System contains a Hot Jupiter that likely migrated inward during the system's formation.  Two outer terrestrials also world exist beyond the orbit of the Hot Jupiter.  These worlds likely formed from leftover material after the Jupiter-sized planet migrated inward, as the the original worlds should've been ejected during the time.

 

The primary planet of the Tantalus System has a grown a decent sized population, settled by colonists from throughout the Betelgeuse Region.  The planet is most famous for it's dazzling shows of bright aurora, they are created by interactions with the very flare active sun the planet's electromagnetic field.

System: Tantalus

Primary Star: TYC47571211

Stellar Type: F6V ☼

Mass (Sol): 1.19

Luminosity: 4.12x Sun

Distance: 463.3 ly

Constellation: Orion

Region: Betelgeuse

Population: 170 Million

 

       
Tantalus Planets
       

Tantalus B
Tantalus B is a hot Jupiter located close to the star, the planet migrated inward early in the system’s history.  Dark sodium clouds sit lower in the atmosphere with white sulfur clouds sitting higher up giving large contrasts between light and dark colors.

Distance: 0.04 AU

Orbit: 3 days

Temp: 1,498 K

Mass: 0.67 Jupiter

Radius: 55,465 km

Gravity: 2.81 g

Rotation: -

Moon(s): 0

       
       

Tantalus C
Tantalus C is a habitable world with a strong magnetic field.  The planets thick atmosphere and magnetic field creates a brightly covered aurora that can cover the entire sky with dancing color.  The planet's land areas are covered in endless fields of green grasslands.

Distance: 1.5 AU

Orbit: 617 days

Temp: 296 K

Mass: 0.54 Earth

Radius: 5,225 km

Gravity: 0.81 g

Rotation: 29 hours

Moon(s): 2

       
       

Tantalus D
Tantalus D is a cold world with a very thin nitrogen atmosphere.  The planet's surface consists of a complex mixture of carbon dioxide ices along with silicate rock

Distance: 3.45 AU

Orbit: 5.9 years

Temp: 190 K

Mass: 0.81 Earth

Radius: 6,194 km

Gravity: 0.86 g

Rotation: 35 hours

Moon(s): 5

       
       


Closest Inhabited Systems:

 

Name

Distance (ly)

Type

31 Orionis

10.32

K5III

New Dawn

12.28

G4V

Chimera

40.03

G7V

Magikus

44.48

F6V

Chantus

44.97

F8V

Nasira

47.91

G3V

Marco-Darmus

47.93

F4V





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