THE AZANI SYSTEM

Introduction

The AZAN SYSTEM is a gravitationally bound system of the star AZAN and all the objects that orbit it, including the human-colonised planet of CRETAK.

Etymology

TBD

Characteristics & Formation

CRETAK is the second planet from AZAN and the only planet in the AZANI SYSTEM that harbours life—both indigenous and human.

  • 4.08 billion years

  • 1.22078 Msol

  • SS05

  • 1 (AZAN)

  • DAMMAR (0.6 AU)
    CRETAK (1.69 AU)
    B'ETOR (9.32 AU)
    JAL (18.04 AU)

  • YAR (4.96 AU)
    ICHEB (23.64 AU)

  • 4.48 - 5.87 AU

  • 23.64 - 28.64 AU

  • 1.421 - 2.046 AU

  • 7.226 AU

Table 1: System Characteristics

AZAN and the planets formed more or less at the same time from a cloud of gas and dust known as a solar nebula. AZAN formed in the centre, and the planets formed in a thin protoplanetary disc that surrounded it. Once the star began nuclear fusion in its core, a strong stellar wind cleared the region of most remaining gas and dust, leaving behind only the planets, dwarf planets and the asteroid belt.

Structure

The AZAN SYSTEM is divided into two broad regions: the inner region and the outer region. The frost line at 7.23 AU demarcates the two regions.

Fig 2: DAMAR - the first planet from AZAN
Credit: Vanga-Vangog

  • 1st planet from AZAN

  • 0.029 MEarth (1.73 x 10²³ kg)

  • 0.6 AU

  • 0.09

  • 0.654 AU

  • 0.546 AU

Table 2: DAMMAR Characteristics

Fig 3: CRETAK - the second planet from AZAN
Credit: Jay Choken

The inner AZAN system is the domain of the terrestrial planets. Two major rocky planets orbit in the inner system: DAMAR and CRETAK. DAMAR is a small, rocky, lifeless world orbiting close to the star at a distance of 0.6 AU. Despite its diminutive size and lack of an atmosphere, it can clearly be seen from the surface of CRETAK, though only at twilight. CRETAK orbits beyond DAMAR as the second planet of the AZANI SYSTEM. It orbits within the system’s habitable zone (1.42-2.05 AU), thus making it the only planet in the planetary system capable of harbouring life. Models of the AZANI SYSTEM predict the existence of an additional planet orbiting at ~2.78 AU; however, no such planet exists.

Fig 1: AZAN SYSTEM size comparisons. Left to right: DAMAR, CRETAK, JAL, B’ETOR (all too scale)
Credit: Vanga-Vangog, Jay Choken

Fig 4: B’ETOR - the third planet from AZAN
Credit: Vanga-Vangog

  • 3rd planet from AZAN

  • 375.515 MEarth (2.24 x 10²⁷kg)

  • 9.32 AU

  • 0.06

  • 9.879 AU

  • 8.761 AU

Table 3: B’ETOR Characteristics

Fig 5: JAL - the fourth planet from AZAN
Credit: Vanga-Vangog

  • 4th planet from AZAN

  • 2.578 MEarth (1.54 x 10²⁵kg)

  • 18.04 AU

  • 0.04

  • 18.762 AU

  • 17.318 AU

Table 4: JAL Characteristics

The outer system, beyond the frost line, is the domain of the large, gaseous worlds. Two major gaseous planets orbit in this region: B’ETOR and JAL. B’ETOR is the largest planet in the AZAN SYSTEM, while JAL is intermediate in size between CRETAK and B’ETOR. Both worlds are orbited by multiple moons, have tenuous ring systems, and can both be seen from the surface of CRETAK. Though in order to view JAL with the naked eye, conditions need to be optimal.