Planet
Promethia
Submitted by donsakers on Thu, 01/23/2020 - 11:09am
Human world
Habitable
Territory:
Distance from Terra:
15.9 lightyears (4.9 parsecs)
Map Reference:
(Sol): C7
Other location data:
Primary:
40 Eridani A
Position in system:
3
Distance from primary (AU):
0.83 AU
Distance from primary (million km):
125 million km
Inclination (degrees):
4.29°
Revolution (Terran years):
1.31 (Terra=1)
Revolution (Terran days):
479.36 Terran days
Revolution (local days):
370.76 (local days)
Irradiation:
0.55
Diameter (Terra =1):
0.86 (Terra = 1)
Diameter (km):
11,230.30 km
Mass (Terra=1):
0.74 (Terra = 1)
Density (g/cc):
5.96 (g/c^3)
Density (Terra=1):
1.08 (Terra = 1)
Surface gravity:
0.93 g
Day (hours):
31.03 hours
Moons:
2
Biology:
Native animals are limited to aquatic forms -- the colonization of land by animals had not yet taken place when Humans colonized Promethia. Extensive plant life existed both on land and in the seas.
Other physical data:
40 Eridani B/C are a binary pair at an average separation of about 420 AU and a period of over 8,000 years. B is an A4 white dwarf with mass 0.43 and luminosity 0.0034; C is an M4 red dwarf with mass 0.16 and luminosity 0.0007. B and C orbit each other in a highly elliptical orbit that lasts about 252 years and swings between 21 and 49 AUs.
Founded (ymd ce):
2083 CE
Joined Empire (year):
29
Imperial condition:
Voluntarily
History:
In pre-Imperial days, when Terra was still considered nominal leader of the loose hegemony of human colonies, and when Cambolinee still trafficked with other human worlds (although its location was even then a well-kept secret), a delegation from BDA Tr#ska was attending a formal ball on Ibidem when delegates from Cambolinee, Terexta, and Promethia ridiculed the Tr#skans' skin and eye color. The population of BDA Tr#ska swore vendetta against the three worlds. After Terexta was attacked and all but destroyed (later to be rebuilt by the Empire), Promethia opted to pay reparations to the government of BDA Tr#ska. Promethia finished paying these reparations in 2461 CE, for a total of over 900 trillion Imperial Dollars. Cambolinee, apparently relying on its secret location as an ultimate defense, offered nothing to BDA Tr#ska, and from that point on, the people of BDA Tr#ska were determined to make Cambolinee suffer.
Additional:
From 2101 - 2156 CE, Promethia was the home of the Wakmarrel School.