Sanar System 2021 December Contest

[Xio]

For thousands of years, mankind has been exploring and conquering Eurth. From the depths of Thalassa to the heights of the Tapetepetli Mountains, the sweltering summers of Paran to the bitter winter of Argis, mankind has reached every nook and cranny on this blessed Eurth. Now humanity looks up to space, the final frontier, to take those first steps onto the Mun, to explore the great planets of... Uhhh... And the moons of...

This forum has been around for 18 years, and we have yet to actually make a canon Sanar System for the Eurth. All that is canon is Eurth, the Mun, and San (the sun).

This November, the staff held a meeting on several issues and one of them was on space technology and space exploration, what we then quickly realised is that Eurth has no widely accepted canon star system. There is the Santorini System, however it is quite controversial and was made primarily by one individual and made when Eurth wanted to parallel the Eurth a lot then it currently does.



So we have come to the decision to outsource the creation and wurldbuilding of the Sanar System to the community!. For the rest of December this thread will be open to the whole of the community to post their submission for the Sanar System. We will then judge and rank our favourite submissions, and our favourite(s) will be given a prize!

Contest Rules
• One post per person on this thread.
• Up to 4 people can be part of a single team.
• A submission can range anywhere from the whole Sanar System to just a single planet.
• No plagiarising other people's ideas.
• Only members and staff can submit to the contest.


Sanar System Rules
• No changing the San (the star system's Sun). But you can change the name!. For reference the San has the exact same properties as the Sun.
• The Eurth can only have one moon and the moon must have very moon-like properties.
• The Eurth is 1 AU (Astronomical Unit) from the San.
• No theoretical artificial structures or advance alien life (multicellular +) 🙂.
• No extreme astronomical anomalies (e.g. black holes).


What are we rating you on?
• Creativity
• Realism
• Lore Continuity, your ideas should be able to fit into current Eurth events and history without too much fudging.
• In-Depthness, we like to see you explores your ideas!
All of these points are weighted equally.


Prizes
The top four ideas we like, the members will be allowed to pick a prize. 1st place picks first, 2nd place picks second, et cetera.
• Small NPC near your territory
• Small territorial expansion
• A year-long economic boom (small economic expansion)
• Discord meme command


How should we format our submission?
However you like!


What is the deadline?
The deadline is 23:00 (11pm) GMT on December 31st 2021

Good luck and have fun :).
(( By posting on this thread, you accept that your ideas may be altered to fit Eurth's lore. ))

Edited December 3, 2021 by Metztlitlaca (see edit history)

[Rhodellia]

Image: David A. Aguilar's artistic impression of real-life exoplanet TrES-2b

Submission for Thanatos

Naming
Going by what's already on the San System's tentative infographic, the planet's eponym is Thanatos, the Ancient Greek personification of death. I'll assume in this case that the Ancient Greek pantheon exists in Eurth canon in the same vague way that Abrahamic religions do. If Thanatos will be the planet's officially accepted name among Eurth's international scientific community, I propose that the planet was initially given that name by its discoverers because:

1) The planet has characteristics that at least somewhat match Thanatos' descriptors in a certain passage of the Hesiod's Theogony:

And there the children of dark Night have their dwellings, Sleep and Death, awful gods. The glowing Sun never looks upon them with his beams, neither as he goes up into heaven, nor as he comes down from heaven. And the former of them roam peacefully over the Eurth and the sea's broad back and is kindly to men; but the other has a heart of iron, and his spirit within him is pitiless as bronze: whomsoever of men he has once seized he holds fast: and he is hateful even to the deathless gods.

And 2)  The planet has many moons. Meanwhile, Thanatos, as a son of Nyx (Goddess of Night) and Erebus (God of Darkness), has many siblings. This conveniently provides Eurth's astronomers and scientific community many potential names for Thanatos' moons. Thanatos' siblings' include: 

• Geras (God of Old Age),
• Oizys (Goddess of Suffering),
• Moros (Personification of doom),
• Apate (Personification of deception),
• Momus (Personification of Satire and Mockery),
• Eris (Goddess of Strife),
• Nemesis (Goddess of Retribution),
• Charon (The ferryman who takes newly deceased souls across the Acheron and Styx),
• and the Keres (Goddesses of violent deaths).

An artistic impression of Thanatos with its back to the San

Proposed lore
If Thanatos is to be a gas giant in the end, I propose that it be similar to TrES-2b (a real-life exoplanet and another gas giant). Thanatos would appear extremely dark-coloured. I also propose that, similarly to TrES-2b's faint red glow, Thanatos would emit a faint light that is described as 'bronze-coloured'.

Based on these, here's my proposal for a basic and very flexible outline of the story behind Thanatos' discovery:

• Thanatos is dark-coloured because it is covered in non-reflective clouds and might have an atmosphere filled with light-absorbent chemicals. Just like how TrES-2b's darkness is a mystery, so can Thanatos' until Eurth's scientists actually send probes to investigate the planet. Because of Thanatos's darkness and sheer distance from the San, the planet would likely not have been discovered or observed until the 19th or 20th century.
• Thanatos glows 'bronze' because it might have a layer of carbon dioxide and sulphuric acid clouds (just like Venus) below an uppermost atmospheric layer filled with planet-wide black clouds. The little visible light that manages to escape the planet appears bronze-coloured because much of it is filtered through the Venus-like clouds on the way out. The resulting 'bronze' glow is how the planet itself likely would have been first observed.
• Because space programmes and the canonicity of satellites are currently a major Work-In-Progress for Eurth, this planet was probably discovered by a Player nation with access to tall mountains on which observatories can be built (granting year-round access to clear skies). This could be: Tagmatium, Haruspex, Orioni, Prymont, Ateenia, Velaheria, Ebrary, Vostau, Stedoria, Magnus, Nyantastan, San Castellino, Sanarija, Ulfheimr, Metzliltlaca (subject to change), or Rhodellia (the peaks of the Shfakien mountain range are included in my future Expansion plans).
  • If multiple players at once want to claim credit for the planet's discovery, the matter can be put up to IC debate. In this case, nobody's scientists will have universally-accepted evidence supporting that they discovered the planet first. They might not even agree on the same names. This way, multiple players can write their own conflicting stories about Thanatos' discovery and naming (which can be set in practically any point in Eurth's history of astronomy). 
    • In this case, Rhodellia's own official story behind the discovery of Thanatos is that it was first located and observed in the 1950s by astronomers working in an observatory built near the peak of the Shfakien mountains. This observatory is now in territory governed by the Native Aurelian Free State, a breakaway state formed by Native Aurelian separatists.
      • The observatory managed to locate Thanatos by observing the orbits of its many moons (which reflected significantly more light). They then managed to observe the planet itself by noticing extremely small fluctuations in light coming from the planet itself.
      • Keeping up with the tradition of naming planets after the !Ancient Greek pantheon, Rhodellian astronomers proposed to name the newly discovered planet 'Thanatos'. They decided on 'Thanatos' as the most appropriate death-related name instead of 'Keres' because the planet's appearance more closely matched Thanatos' descriptors in the Theogony. A death-related names was chosen instead of 'Nyx' or 'Erebus' because of the Rhodellian people's cultural fascination and historical relationship with death. Rhodellia is a heavily militarised society with a particularly bloody history of warfare; the astronomers wanted to pick a name that they could nationalistically associate with their own country.
• If the planet's discoverer is going to be an NPC, it can be either Adaptus or Sunset Sea Islands. Adaptus and SSI are both economic powerhouses with at least one mountain on which an advanced modern observatory could have been built. Their advanced economies also makes them more likely than most other countries to have launched probes or space telescopes early on in Eurth's tentative history of spaceflight.
• (Tentative) At this point, Hades (if this will be the planet's final name) was probably not yet discovered due to the planet being comparatively darker, farther, and having less moons to observe. The astronomers were convinced that they had discovered the ninth planet in the Sanar System. The existence of a very dark planet gave rise to the possibility of a tenth planet with similar characteristics, leading to a planet-hunting craze that eventually resulted in the discovery of Hades.

Nothing here is too in-depth or concrete, because I'd like there to be plenty of room for other members of the Eurth community to work with over time. And considering how volatile Eurth lore can be (people can think of cooler ideas that they might not bring up because something's already been established, people can change their minds, and people can come and go), this is probably for the best.

Edited December 12, 2021 by Rhodellia
A special thanks to Zaxar to introducing me to planetmaker (see edit history)

[Zaxar]

My submission is finally ready!

This submission is primarily based on the planets of the solar system itself rather than the lore. This is because I feel that, so long as the hard facts of the planets are the same, it really doesn't matter what different nations choose to do with them within their own lore. The names I recommend would be used as a common name to be put like (this) when used in posts so that every nation can have their own names for their culturally significant planets while still allowing others to know what they're going on about.

Included in each planet's description is a "flexibility" section. Obviously, every aspect of these planets is fair game to change, but I listed the easiest things to change about each planet without a large overall impact on the other statistics.

These are my proposed planets in their tentative order from the San outwards:

This is pretty much a combo of Venus and Mercury. A very hot and very melty little planet near the Sun.

I did quite a bit of research to find a naturally occurring gas or mineral which could let me make a green planet without life. It's like Mars but green and toxic rather than red and iron-y.

This is one of my favorite planets as it is designed to be the planet where single-celled alien life is discovered should the mods ever decide to have that happen. It's basically the very early form of Eurth (before land was invented).

This is about as close I could realistically get to adding the Star Wars planet of Hoth into the galaxy. It's cold and barren- basically @Ateenia but without people.

This planet would be you equivalent of IRL Neptune where people (or at least me- I had to google it) just kinda forget about it. "Just another cool looking gas giant."

This planet just looks pretty damn good if I do say so myself. I also wanted to include a planet with rings like Saturn.

This is the "big boy" planet of the Sanar System with many moons for players to claim as their own discover and name after themselves.

I felt like the Sanar System needed at least one dwarf planet so here it is.

 

So if this were to be used then Eurth would likely be placed either in front of or behind Maraz for reference.

I also wanted to separately suggest that the "San" be renamed to the "Sol" (while keeping the Sanar System) because when I see "san" I think or math. Idk why and I don't really mind it but I just wanted to throw it out there.

I would also like to note that none of these planets are reliant on each other so y'all can feel free to pick and choose. That's why I made 8

[Delamaria]

Submission for Paidios

Etymology and History

The observatory from which the planet was discovered in 1942.

Paidios comes from the Greek (or Eurth equivolent) for child (Paidi), this is because of Paidios’ very small size in comparison to the other planets of the Sanar system. The planet was likely first discovered by humans in 1942, when technology and astronomy was advanced enough to discover the planet at its size and distance from Eurth. 

The planet was initially thought to be a moon of its nearest planet, as their orbits at the time made it seem like they were near from Eurth, and this thought would be accepted until 1950 when observation proved that Paidios orbits independently around the sun.

Paidios is the smallest and furthest planet from the sun, having not yet completed a single orbit since its discovery. Paidios barely meets the size restriction to be classified a planet and not a dwarf planet, and calls within the scientific community have drawn official bodies to review whether it should be considered a planet, or to expand the classification for Dwarf planet. The Delamarian Astronomic Association decided in 2006 that they would classify Paidios as a dwarf planet, however this lead to major international public outcry, mostly by those without professional astronomic education, setting up international Paidios is a planet day on June 18th, and finally in 2011 the Association overturned its decision, classifying Paidios again as a planet. International Paidios is a planet day is still observed by many, especially in the scientific community, who despite their past have come to love the minuscule planet.

Only one spacecraft has ever drawn near to Paidios, the Conquistador IV, which passed and photographed the planet in 2017, so far those are the only close photographs of the planet.

Astronomical information 

Paidios has a diameter of about 5,300 km, no exact number has ever been confidently calculated due to the little known about the planet. The planet has a gravitational force of about 0.15 G, or 1.5% of the gravity on Eurth, making it nearly impossible to succesfully land any spacecraft, manned or unmanned on the planet’s surface.  

The planet has a mean temperature of -287°C, with the highest recorded temperature being around -200°C, this is primarily due to its distance from the sun and its weak oxygen rich atmosphere. 

Paidios has one natural satellite, the moon Mayanese, which is equivalent to 64% of Paidios’ size making it the largest moon in the solar system relative to the size of its planet.

Paidios is thought to have the solar system’s largest supply of tungsten, with nearly 400% the amount found elsewhere in the system.

 

 

Thanks for reading and I hope to see Paidios up in the night sky in the future!

 

[Walneria]

Submission for THE MUN

As I have been advised by @Orioni, I am sharing my project on the geography of the Mun here. I have decided the using the Mün from KSP is not the best permanent solution and as such created a realistic-ish looking map of the Mun (assuming that Mun is tidally locked to Eurth).

Satellite map of the Mun (equirectangular projection)

Satellite map of the Mun (equirectangular projection) with the Far side of the Mun colored in red

  

This map as seen in three different projections (Winkel tripel, Mollweide, Lambert-Lagrange)

  

Spherical views of the Mun (Near side - Far side - Spinning view)

 

Nothern polar areas (with permanently dark places in red), 0° meridian is from middle down

 

Southern polar areas (with permanently dark places in red), 0° meridian is from middle up

The general idea of how the Mun may look like on a real color photo from the Eurth

Edited December 23, 2021 by Walneria
Added a gap between maps (see edit history)

[Florentia]

Submission for Ether (or Æther)

Artistic representation of Ether (made by me)

I. History

Esther is the first planet discovered with a telescope and not known since antiquity. Although it is visible to the unaided eye, its planetary nature was not identified at the time because of its very weak brilliance and its very slow apparent movement in the sky. Indeed, before to be "discovered", Ether was considered as a another star in the sky. It was on 9 September 1802 that the Lysian astronomer Armand Mûrat observed it for the first time. In the months that followed, astronomers confirmed that it was a planet and not a comet. When, in 2006 (or around this date, it can still be modified), the international satellite named Seechange was sent, the scientists were concerned about the sea-blue straigts and spots mooving on Ether's surface. Even if, now, scientists have some good theories about the how, none of them are certain about these theories. Ether isn't a complete mystery anymore, but has still a lot of secret to be showed on.

II. Name

Ether is named after the primordial god of the same name, who in Greek mythology represents the warm and superior air breathed by the Olympian gods, and was inspired by Ether's ice blue colour.  Ether's unique moon was named Thalassa after the primordial goddess of the sea, daughter of Ether and Hemera (primordial goddess of day).

III. General scientific data

- category: giant planet
- subcategory: ice giant
- distance to the sun: 20.1 astronomical units (2.7 billion kilometres) (so one of the last planet of the system, ideally the second last like Uranus for exemple)
- period of revolution: 109.96 Eurth years
- mass: 1.84 × 10^(26) kg
- equatorial perimeter: 144 877 km
- diameter: 46 116 km
- speed of rotation at the equator: 8 993 km/h

VI. Composition

1 - upper atmosphere
2 - atmosphere composed of gases (helium, hydrogen and methane)
3 - mantle composed of ice (water, ammonia and methane)
4 - rocky core (iron, nickel, silicates)

The ice blue colour of Ether is explained by the presence of methane. Concerning the sea-blue stripes, according to the most widespread theory, these stripes are due to intense meteorological activity. Indeed, on Ether, clouds are composed of methane crystals (unlike those on Eurth, which are composed of water crystals), giving them this sea-blue colour. Thus, the stripes and spots appearing and disappearing on the surface of Ether are cyclones intensified by the speed of the winds (up to 600 m/s at the equator and up to 350 m/s at the poles).

V. Cortege of Ether

5.1. Satellite
Ether has only one satellite, which is unusually few for a giant, even for an ice giant.  Ether's only moon, Thalassa, was discovered two years after Ether was discovered. Thalassa is covered by a thick methane atmosphere that gives it its sea-blue colour. It has a diameter of 8 118 km and a mass of 3.08 x 10^(23) kg.

5.2. Planetary rings
Ether's rings are mostly composed of ice and dust, ranging in size from a few centimetres to several tens of metres. The diameter of the rings is 375,000 km with the two main rings extending from about 87,000 km to 115,000 km from the planet's equator and being only a few tens of metres thick.

 

Edited December 28, 2021 by San Castellino
A typo error. (see edit history)

[Rhava]

Planet Name: Artemis 

 

(Drawn by yours truly. I know, it's a masterpiece. No need to shower me in your praise. I didn't draw the rings because I could not figure out how to make a straight line)

Discovery:

Discovered in 1614 by Leonardo Dara, a Rhavanese Salvian astronomer on a research mission in an observatory located in the Đuôi Rồng Báo (ຫາງເສືອດາວມັງກອນ) mountains, northern Rhava, commonly known as the Dragon Leopard's tail. Using a telescope he was able to spot a green dot in the sky, which was too big to be a moon and too small to be a star. Mistaking it as a heavily forested planet, he named it after the Greek goddess of the hunt, Artemis because he believed the forests would be filled with animals for hunting. 

 

In 1643 a yellow object was spotted orbiting the planet, and was named Apollo. 

 

In 1923 it was discovered not to be forested, but actually had a green gaseous atmosphere. Since then it’s second largest moon, Actaeon, was discovered as well as 43 other moons.

 

Information:

The planet Artemis is the sixth planet from the San, and is approximately 9.3 AU from the San. It has 45 moons, Apollo which is the biggest and is colored an emerald green, with swirling storms and hurricanes enveloping the surface.

 

 Artemis has a surface area of 16.13 billion square miles. It has a diameter of 71,654 miles. The planet takes 27 years for it to orbit the San. 

 

Artemis has one set of rings, with 5 layers colored a shade of yellow, which is thought to be from one of Artemis’s moons crashing into the planet, the debris orbiting the planet creating the rings. Large amounts of chlorine give the planet it’s green tint and its thick atmosphere keeps the planet at a very hot temperature. Storms and hurricanes are common across the surface, while there is a very thin layer of rock forming the crust. 

 

Satellites: 

Artemis has 45 moons, the largest of which are Apollo and Actaeon. 

 

Apollo is Artemis's largest natural satellite, and is slightly larger than the Mun. It’s surface is covered with hundreds of volcanoes as well as many mountains. The yellow tint of Apollo is from large amounts of sulfur.

 

Actaeon is Artemis’s second largest moon, and is the same size as the Mun. Actaeon is named after the man in Greek mythology Artemis turned into a stag and hunted. Thought to be colored by the blood of the stag, it is actually from large amounts of iron on the surface that has oxidized. Actaeon does not have much geological action and is relatively flat, part from mount Lyssa which is roughly the size of Mount Saint Helens irl.

Edited January 29, 2022 by Rhava (see edit history)

[Xio]

Submission for the Luxaar System

The Luxaar System is the home star system to Humanity and their home wurld Eurth. The central star, named Lux, is a G-type main sequence star identical to the Sun. The Luxaar System is home to 11 planets:

▪ Hyperion
▪ Balder & Nanna
▪ Eurth & Manne
▪ Ostara
▪ Holda
▪ Donar
▪ Woden
▪ Friya
▪ Adlas
▪ Sius
▪ Japetus

Note:
M🜨 = Eurth Masses
R🜨 = Eurth Radii (size)
D☾ = Distance between the Eurth and the Moon
M♃ = Jupiter Masses
R♃ = Jupiter Radii (size)

Hyperion
Hyperion is the closest planet to Lux and was only discovered in 1860 by an Anglian astronomer and later verified in Seylos and Tagmatium. The astronomical community at the time agreed to name it Hyperion, after the Aroman Titan of the Sun. It's late discovery is due to its incredibly tight orbit around Lux, leaving it a molten hellscape tidally locked to Lux. Rapid silicon-vaporised winds eroding what little landscape is left on the charred planet. Several new age Christian sects have also been known to call the planet 'Hell' or 'Hades' as the literal physical manifestation of the underwurld though the Catholic Diarchy has been recorded in numerous instances as denying Hyperion as Hell as a place. The most recent recording was in 2018 when the Iverican Pope stated that 'Hyperion was made with the same hands God used to create the Eurth, it is no more damned than the soil you treaded into my Cathedral'.

Photograph of the planet Hyperion from the Icarus IV flyby mission in 2003.

Scientific Data
Mass = 0.139 M🜨
Radius = 0.485 R🜨
Density = 6.74 g/cm3
Temperature = 781°C – 355°C
Rotational Period = 6.76 Days
Obliquity = 0.1°

Orbital Period = 6.76 Days
Incilination = 3.40°
Eccentricity = 0.11
Semi-Major Axis = 0.0778 AU
Pericentre Distance = 0.0700 AU
Apocenter Distance = 0.0873 AU

 

Balder and Nanna
Balder was never 'discovered' per-say as it is visible to the naked eye in the night sky, however Nanna was only first recorded to exist in 300 AD by the north Argisian Germanic tribes, which is where both of their names come from as son and daughter-in-law of Woden/Oid respectfully. Balder is most well known for its massive craters across its landscape, which where created 1.5 billion years ago when a dwarf planet would have collided with the young Balder causing it to tip onto its side. The matter that was ejected into orbit eventually coalesced into Nanna. Although Balder itself is a prime target for future Human exploration due to its closeness to Eurth and low gravity, the proximity and size of Nanna makes calculating safe orbital trajectories incredibly difficult. Nanna's red colouration primarily comes from the high iron oxide content in its crust and is the largest moon in ratio to its planet in the Luxaar System.

Frame from a video recording of Balder and Nanna from the Defiant VII probe in 2019. Balder's largest craters are visible.

Balder Scientific Data
Mass = 0.237 M🜨
Radius = 0.878 R🜨
Density = 1.93 g/cm3
Temperature = -174°C
Rotational Period = 2.23 Days
Obliquity = 80.8°

Orbital Period = 202 days (0.552 years)
Inclination = 1.12°
Eccentricity = 0.0128
Semi-Major Axis = 0.673 AU
Pericentre Distance = 0.665 AU
Apocenter Distance = 0.682 AU

Nanna Scientific Data
Mass = 0.0345 M🜨
Radius = 0.354 R🜨
Density = 4.30 g/cm3
Temperature = 48.3°C
Rotational Period = 2.23 Days
Obliquity = 2.64°

Orbital Period = 2.23 days
Inclination = 82.4°
Eccentricity = 0.209
Semi-Major Axis = 0.121 D☾
Pericentre Distance = 0.0961 D☾
Apocenter Distance = 0.147 D☾

Eurth and Manne
Manne is the Eurth's moon, a yellowish orange crater-filled landscape with white streaks across the surface. Manne was a dwarf planet that was captured by Eurth, with Manne’s old moon being destabilised and collided with Eurth providing most of Eurth’s water and forming the Sunset Archipelago controlled in the modern day by the Sunset Sea Islands.

Manne Scientific Data
Mass = 0.0123 M🜨
Radius = 0.269 R🜨
Density = 3.50 g/cm3
Temperature = 6.59°C
Rotational Period = 27.3 Days
Obliquity = 5.28°

Orbital Period = 27.3 days
Inclination = 5.29°
Eccentricity = 0.0660
Semi-Major Axis = 0.998 D☾
Pericentre Distance = 0.932 D☾
Apocenter Distance = 1.06 D☾

Ostara
Like Balder, Ostara was never 'discovered'. The planet's unique green and red colouration comes from the green and red iron rust across its surface and the only known body to have Iron(III) cations in high concentrations. This is due to Ostara possessing a thick halogenic-CO2 atmosphere in the past, however by the present day it has been reduced to a trace green atmosphere. When telescopes were first invented, its green patches were mistaken for forests. Ostara became legendary in status from the 1600s until the mid 1900s, many considering it the home of the gods or Eden. It was only with more powerful telescopes in the 1900s and the Easter Probe missions was the once-thought lush planet revealed to be the dead and dusty wurld it is now. However, the planet is still an anomaly within the scientific community as the high concentrations of halogens in its past and present have yet to be explained and many Sci-Fi alien invasion films still have "Ostarians" invade Eurth to the point of cliche.

Easter III Probe flyby and often considered the 'Jungle Ostara' theory killer.
Easter IV Lander would later bring video recordings from the surface. Photo from the Easter VI Probe

Scientific Data
Mass = 0.190 M🜨
Radius = 0.603 R🜨
Density = 4.77 g/cm3
Temperature = -97.0°C
Rotational Period = 20.9 hours
Obliquity = 14.4°

Orbital Period = 648 days (1.77 years)
Inclination = Negligable
Eccentricity = Negligable
Semi-Major Axis = 1.47 AU
Pericentre Distance = 1.46 AU
Apocenter Distance = 1.47 AU

Holda
Holda was never discovered as it was visible in the night sky and is actually the brightest planet in the night sky. Its surface is covered in kilometres thick ice with a theorised subsurface ocean. No missions have been sent to land on Holda, however there exists plans to send drilling probes to penetrate the icy crust to confirm its interior oceans. Holda holds the record for the coldest planetary surface temperatures in the whole Luxaar system at -264°C / -443°F.

Latest photo from the still active Grimm II Mission

Scientific Data
Mass = 5.26 M🜨
Radius = 1.95 R🜨
Density = 3.94 g/cm3
Temperature = -264°C
Rotational Period = 2.73 days
Obliquity = 0.248°

Orbital Period = 1039 days (2.84 years)
Inclination = 0.229°
Eccentricity = 0.00191
Semi-Major Axis = 2.01 AU
Pericentre Distance = 2.00 AU
Apocenter Distance = 2.01 AU

Donar
Donar is a liquid giant and the largest planet in the Luxaar System. It possesses a thin ring and only a handful of small moons. Across its southern pole is a large square gas cloud. if anyone says their 'favourite planet' is Donar, they're compensating for something.

Vili Probe, 2011, in a fly-by to Woden.

Scientific Data
Mass = 0.418 M♃ (133 M🜨)
Radius = 1.19 R♃ (13.1 R🜨)
Density = 0.329 g/cm3
Temperature = -144°C
Rotational Period = 1.45 days
Obliquity = 14.5°

Orbital Period = 2003 days (5.48 years)
Inclination = Negligible
Eccentricity = Negligible
Semi-Major Axis = 3.11 AU
Pericentre Distance = 3.11 AU
Apocenter Distance = 3.11 AU

Woden
The cooler Donar. Woden is a small ice giant sandwiched between its two larger siblings, and possesses an expansive ring system which was thought to have been produced by one of its larger moons coming too close and torn apart due to tidal forces. A shepherd asteroid moon exists in between the rings which has been determined to be made up almost entirely of heavy metals such as iron and platinum and is hypothesised to be the remnant core of the original moon. Woden also has a large dark stripe across its southern hemisphere following the equator which could be seen from any of its moons. It's blue colouration was known since ancient times with many cultures speculating on it being a water wurld or made up of blue jewels.

Photo taken from the Vili Probe, which famously was redirected into Woden's clouds and burned up in 2013. Initially the Embla probe was meant to land on its moon of Vili, however whilst in the middle of its travel to Woden it was discovered Vili had no been properly sterilised before lift off. The scientific community deemed it too great a risk for Eurth-origin bacteria to potentially infect the moon, thus the Embla probe was burned up in Woden's atmosphere. The above picture taken a day before contact was lost. The new Ask probe is to land on the moons of Vili and Ve later this decade.

Scientific Data
Mass = 15.3 M🜨
Radius = 3.76 R🜨
Density = 1.59 g/cm3
Temperature = -156°C
Rotational Period = 18.5 hours
Obliquity = 27.8°

Orbital Period = 3503 days (9.59 years)
Inclination = 0.237°
Eccentricity = 0.0034
Semi-Major Axis = 4.51 AU
Pericentre Distance = 4.50 AU
Apocenter Distance = 4.53 AU

Friya and Adlas
Friya is a liquid giant that is in a 1:1 resonant orbit with the small planet of Adlas. Friya has a beige cream colouration and is generally perceived as quite a boring planet with generic characteristics, however its moons of Hnoss and Gersemi are unusually large at 0.107 Eurth masses and 0.0553 Eurth masses respectfully. Hnoss is covered in ice, whereas Gersemi is dark grey. Adlas is unique for being the only terrestrial planet other than Eurth to have a significant atmosphere at 1.18 atmospheric masses, although is primarily made up of CO2 and methane. Its thick atmosphere combined with its low gravity means Human-powered flight is theoretically possible on the small planet. Adlas also possesses a small asteroid moon called Calypso with a 20.8 hour orbital period around Adlas.

Friya with its moons of Hnoss (front) and Gersemi (back) taken by the Frigg Mission in 2010.
Frigg mission was primarily sent to examine the interior of Hnoss through the use of impactors and collecting data from the vibrations released from the impacts.

Friya Scientific Data
Mass = 0.243 M♃ (77.3 M🜨)
Radius = 0.803 R♃ (8.81 R🜨)
Density = 0.623 g/cm3
Temperature = -174°C
Rotational Period = 10.7 hours
Obliquity = 7.45°

Orbital Period = 6915 days (18.9 years)
Inclination = 0.106°
Eccentricity = Negligible
Semi-Major Axis = 7.10 AU
Pericentre Distance = 7.10 AU
Apocenter Distance = 7.11 AU
Argument of the Pericentre = 256°

Photo from the Hercules I Lander mission in July 2010.
Lander successfully touched down on August 2010 and is still in use today, although is stuck 3 miles from its original landing position after falling off a 5 metre tall "cliff" and breaking 3 of its wheels.
The cliff has been subsequently named 'The Cliffs of Despair' by the scientific and internet communities.

Adlas Scientific Data
Mass = 0.0223 M🜨
Radius = 0.403 R🜨
Density = 1.88 g/cm3
Temperature = -188°C
Rotational Period = 1.59 days
Obliquity = 15.5°

Orbital Period = 6915 days (18.9 years)

Inclination = 0.106°
Eccentricity = Negligible
Semi-Major Axis = 7.10 AU
Pericentre Distance = 7.10 AU
Apocenter Distance = 7.11 AU
Argument of the Pericentre = 67.4°

Sius
If there is one planet that deserves the title of ‘most boring planet in the Luxaar System’ its Sius, but it is certainly one of the prettiest!. Sius was discovered in the 1830s simultaneously by a Kirvinan astronomer and a group of astronomers in Tagmatium. The Kirvinan wished to have called the planet the “Konstantin Sidis” after the Grand Exarch Konstantinos Damoras that reigned in the 1860s, however the Tagmatine group disagreed. Eventually they settled on ‘Coeus’ (often Anglicised to ‘Sius’).

Photo sent by the Cerberus Probe in 2001 in a fly-by mission. One of its minor moons, Leto, barely visible.
No other missions have been planned for Sius by any known aerospace companies or departments.

Scientific Data
Mass = 18.2 M🜨
Radius = 4.20 R🜨
Density = 1.35 g/cm3
Temperature = -207°C
Rotational Period = 17.2 days
Obliquity = 19.0°

Orbital Period = 17,226 days (47.2 years)
Inclination = 0.606°
Eccentricity = 0.000962
Semi-Major Axis = 13.1 AU
Pericentre Distance = 13.0 AU
Apocenter Distance = 13.1 AU

Japetus
Ice Giant discovered in 1855 by a group of scientists and astronomers across the wurld at a gathering in Te Kuiti, Gallambria. Initially the group wished to call the planet Enotita (“Unity” in Greek) however several of the scientists from Anglian and Aroman nations conspired for the name ‘Iapheth’ after the Son of Noah Japheth, thus when they returned to their nations they told them that 'Iapheth' was the chosen name. For several decades both names Enotita and Iapheth were used across the wurld, but grew ever more controversial in the scientific community. Eventually in 1910 a panel of scientists and astronomers came together to decide which of the two names to use, 2 years later at the end of the panel they decided to toss out both names and instead use Japetus with both previous names being given to two of its moons.

Japetus has numerous moons (Lunar Enotita, Lunar Iapheth, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius) at awkward eccentricities and inclinations, which is assumed to have occurred when a now lost gas giant flung past Japetus in the early ages of the Luxaar system.

Photo sent by the Cerberus Probe in 2004 at its closest to the planet.

Scientific Data
Mass = 25.8 M🜨
Radius = 4.25 R🜨
Density = 1.85 g/cm3
Temperature = -165°C
Rotational Period = 2.06 days
Obliquity = 110°

Orbital Period = 25830 days (70.8 years)
Inclination = 0.233°
Eccentricity = 0.00240
Semi-Major Axis = 17.1 AU
Pericenter Distance = 17.0 AU
Apocenter Distance = 17.1 AU


Note
This submission will not be given any prizes if any of its planets are selected. Its existence is to fill in any lore gaps in the Sanaar System.

Edited December 29, 2021 by Metztlitlaca (see edit history)

[Kolhar]

Oh boy, I freaking love space and while I’m no expert on it, this is right up my ally in terms of my interests!

So without any further ado, I present to you the Aril system!

ARIL SYSTEM

The Aril system is a star system of 8 planets, only 7 of which are native to the star system (we will get to that later).

Planet names are borrowed from Etruscan mythology.

Moons are not mentioned - but I’d imagine any number of these planets could have their own moons. Contributions from others would be very welcome for those moons.

Nortia

Image: CoRoT-7c as it appears in the software Celestia.

The closest planet to Aril. It’s a small rocky planet close to the star. Owing to its closeness to the star, it has a very slow rotational speed, and will likely naturally become tidally locked to the main star in a few million to a few billion years. It is roughly ⅓ the side of our real-life Eurth, and comparable to mercury rl.

 

Mass: 0.048 Eurth’s (2.87E+23 kg)
Radius: 0.365 Eurth’s (2328 km)
Density: 5.42 g/cm3
Orbital distance: 0.382 AU
Year length (in rl time): 2.89 months
Other features:

• Slow rotational speed
• High surface temperature

Maris

Image: Gliese 581c as it appears in the software Celestia.

The second planet in the Aril system. This is also a small rocky planet, roughly half the size of Eurth. Due to its low mass and density, it doesn’t have a thick atmosphere. However, evidence points to it having an atmosphere and being much warmer than it currently is in the past. The current working theory is that while the planet may have once had an atmosphere much like Eurth’s, its magnetosphere disappeared roughly 5 billion years ago leading it to lose its atmosphere due to stellar winds. Its surface is covered in dust, mostly ground up rocks, and the tiny atmosphere that there is left allows there to be regular dust storms. Consider this similar to our real life Mars.

 

Mass: 0.107 Eurth’s (6.42E+23 kg)
Radius: 0.532 Eurth’s (3390 km)
Density: 3.93 g/cm3
Orbital distance: 0.630 AU
Year length (in rl time): 6.06 months
Other features:

• Low temperature despite location due to atmosphere not being able to retain heat
• Dust storms can happen from time to time

Eurth

This is the Eurth we all know and love. I did rename the moon to Losna, but kept most of the details the same. I think Losna is slightly further away than the moon is irl, but that’s about the only difference, and it could easily be substituted with the rl distance.

Laran

Image: Rendition of a tidally locked habitable planet, found on the Universe Sandbox forums.

Slightly larger than Venus, Laran has an atmosphere and magnetosphere similar to Eurth and a ground soil composition similar to Eurth as well. However, it has one major difference - the planet is tidally locked. This likely happened after a massive collision early in the planet’s history. As a result, the side constantly facing the star is a massive desert, while the side facing away from the star is a frozen land. However, in-between these extremes, there are rings of potentially habitable areas with different climates depending on how warm they are.

 

Mass: 0.819 Eurth’s (4.89E+24 kg)
Radius: 0.911 Eurth’s (5802 km)
Density: 5.98 g/cm3
Orbital distance: 1.55 AU
Year length (in rl time): 1.94 years
Other features:

• Within habitable zone
• Tidally locked, so there are rings of different habitable climates that change depending on the temperature, from the hot side to the cold side.

Asteroid belt

I won’t put much details here, but I do believe that having an asteroid belt somewhere would massively increase the potential for space exploration. As such I would put one here no matter what. Some dwarf planets can also go here, perhaps incorporating ideas for dwarf planets from other posts here. The asteroid belt starts at about 2.31 AU and ends at about 3.76 AU.

Satre

Image: Artists rendition of Proxima Centauri c, obtained from Imgur.

A gas giant and the first planet in the outer Aril system. The planet is visually similar to Jupiter, save for one extremely distinct feature. It has a massive ring system that extends 701,647 km. This ring system would be visible on Eurth’s skyline, with a size of 3 arcminutes at most and 2 arcminutes at least. This means it could be visible with the naked eye from Eurth, and at its largest would appear 1/10 the size of the moon. Think of it as Jupiter and Saturn combined.

 

Mass: 1.51 jupiter’s (2.87E+27 kg)
Radius: 1.02 jupiter’s (71,117 km)
Density: 1.9 g/cm3
Orbital distance: 6.36 AU
Year length (in rl time): 16.0 years
Other features:

• Large gas giant
• Large ring system that could be visible from Eurth with the naked eye
• Likely has a moons, but I will let others choose the details for those.

Turan

Image: 83 Leonis Bc as it appears in the software Celestia.

Another gas giant, similar in composition to Saturn. However, this planet would not have many rings. If it has any rings it would likely be similar to that of Jupiter, in that it would be a single thin ring that is not easily visible. However, this planet would have many moons which could be explored by players.

 

Mass: 0.513 jupiter’s (9.74E+26 kg)
Radius: 10.9 Eurth’s (69,686 km)
Density: 0.687 g/cm3
Orbital distance: 10.4 AU
Year length (in rl time): 33.4 years
Other features:

• Gas giant, similar to Saturn without rings
• Many moons to be explored, but I will let others choose the details for those.

Orcus

Image: HD 171028 b as it appears in the software Celestia.

The final gas giant in the Aris system. Its atmosphere has traces of water, ammonia, and methane. As a result, it has a teal color. The planet also has a small ring about it, similar to that of Neptune but slightly smaller.

 

Mass: 29.7 Eurth’s (1.77E+26 kg)
Radius:7.31 Eurth’s (46,601 km)
Density: 0.418 g/cm3
Orbital distance: 25.6 AU
Year length (in rl time): 130 years
Other features:

• Teal planet with some rings
• Has a few moons, but not as many as Turan.

Vanth

Image: Artists rendition of OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb, found on Wikimedia Commons.

The last planet in the Aril system, but the odd one out of the bunch. It is also the most distant planet in the system, and likely the final one to be discovered. It’s a rocky-ice planet, but that’s not its claim to fame. Despite its Eurth-like size, the planet has an orbit vastly different from that of the rest of the planets. That is for a simple reason - this planet is not originally from this star system! It is a captured rogue planet that originated from another star system.

 

Mass: 0.671 Eurth’s (4.01E+24 kg)
Radius: 0.866 Eurth’s (5647 km)
Density: 5.31 g/cm3
Orbital distance (average): 84.4 AU
Orbital distance (periapsis): 37.1 AU
Orbital distance (apoapsis): 132 AU
Orbital eccentricity: 0.478
Year length (in rl time): 775 years
Other features:

• Rocky and icy, perhaps has frozen water
• Rogue planet that was captured by Aril’s gravity after drifting too close
• Extremely cold surface

Other potential objects

There are a number of other objects outside of Vanth that could be proposed. These include other dwarf planets, but also much more. There would likely be something similar to the Kuiper Belt or Oord Cloud in this solar system as well, containing countless comets and planetesimals.

NOTE: Images used are simply the closest stuff available I could find online, and not meant to be actual images used in RP. It is merely to illustrate a point. Credit is given to where I obtained the images from. The images where they mention the software Celestia have also been obtained from screenshots uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

[Fravina]

SUBMISSION FOR THE DOUBLE PLANETS OF PETRUS & ANDREUS

(Graphic showing the proposed orbits of Petrus and Andreus, and their moon, Paulus. Graphic is not proportional.)

 

NAMING

The work-in-progress names of these planets were decided to be Petrus and Andreus, named after two of the Twelve Apostles in Christianity: Saint Peter and Saint Andrew. The even more WIP name of their singular moon is Paulus, named after Saint Paul the Apostle (who was not one of the Twelve Apostles). The overall name of the Petrus-Andreus system would be the Apostolic System.

Petrus and Andreus were named such because they are very closely related planets, so they were named after the brothers St. Peter and St. Andrew. Paulus has very little reason to be named after St. Paul besides the fact that I wanted another name from Christianity for the moon. Another considered name for this moon was Ionah or Ionas, after Jonah, the father of the Peter and Andrew, but this name was tossed out because it might have been confused with the prophet Jonah. The name Apostolic System was chosen because of St. Peter and St. Andrew's status as Apostles of Christ.

I believe that Paulus should probably have its name changed if it is chosen for the Sanar System. What the name could be changed to is up to debate because I was unable to find a better name that I was satisfied with. If the names Petrus and Andreus were kept, I think their moon should also be named after a significant figure in the Christian Bible.

 

PROPERTIES

The most important and noteworthy property of these double planets is that they are double planets. This means that Petrus and Andreus orbit each other around their barycenter and are roughly similarly sized (as shown in the graphic above). Petrus would have a radius of about 2700 km, and Andreus would have a radius of roughly 2450km. Regarding the planets' moon, Paulus orbits around both of them in an elliptical shape. Paulus's orbit isn’t the most stable in the universe, but it can manage. Paulus is much smaller than either planet, and it would have a radius of about 15km. 

The planets should take about 7.5 Eurth days to orbit around the barycenter, and they would also be tidally locked to one another. Both planets would be bluish in color, caused by their copper-rich soil and oxygen-rich atmospheres. Of the two, Andreus would have a thicker atmosphere and would be rich in resources, while Petrus would have a thin atmosphere and be less resource rich. Neither planet would have a source of water in any state, but Paulus would be entirely covered in ice.

If the Apostolic System illustrated above is deemed too improbable, a system closer to the Pluto-Charon system (as shown in the graphic below) could be adopted. However this would mean the considerable downsizing of Andreus, either in size or density, to account for the change in barycenter. In this setup, Paulus could probably remain, but it could also be scrapped.

 

(Graphic showing the Pluto-Charon system and their orbits.)

 

Short Note on Location

This won’t get its own section because it is relatively short. If the Apostolic System is picked up, I believe it should be the inner planets farthest from the San, but the decision is up to the community since I have no strong opinions on any location.

[Xio]

The deadline has been met and the competition is now over!. The staff will begin the process of judging and ranking submissions to find our top four to receive their prize. That does not mean more ideas are not welcome - they will just not be counted towards the rankings and will not be given prizes. So if you have any ideas you still wish to publish and possibly squeezing in through the gaps to join the Sanaar System then by all means still submit, however submissions posted in December will be taking priority over their specific star system niches.

We are still missing:
- Detailed asteroid belt(s)
- More dwarf planets (beyond the planets and within asteroid belts)
- More moons of gas giants (collaborating with pre-existing gas giant submissions is not required if the moon(s) submission is malleable enough to work with differing gas giants)

 

Edited January 1, 2022 by Xio (see edit history)

[Orioni]

Good evening everyone. Two points we'd like to make.

1. As mentioned above by @Xio, we are still in the market for some missing elements.

2. Now that biggest cartography project is over, the plan is to start making the final list once exam season is over. (A draft of one exists – no peeking, though!) Expect the results around mid-February — assuming things go smoothly.

[Walneria]

On 12/29/2021 at 11:23 PM, Fravina said:

SUBMISSION FOR THE DOUBLE PLANETS OF PETRUS & ANDREUS

(Graphic showing the proposed orbits of Petrus and Andreus, and their moon, Paulus. Graphic is not proportional.)

 

NAMING

The work-in-progress names of these planets were decided to be Petrus and Andreus, named after two of the Twelve Apostles in Christianity: Saint Peter and Saint Andrew. The even more WIP name of their singular moon is Paulus, named after Saint Paul the Apostle (who was not one of the Twelve Apostles). The overall name of the Petrus-Andreus system would be the Apostolic System.

Petrus and Andreus were named such because they are very closely related planets, so they were named after the brothers St. Peter and St. Andrew. Paulus has very little reason to be named after St. Paul besides the fact that I wanted another name from Christianity for the moon. Another considered name for this moon was Ionah or Ionas, after Jonah, the father of the Peter and Andrew, but this name was tossed out because it might have been confused with the prophet Jonah. The name Apostolic System was chosen because of St. Peter and St. Andrew's status as Apostles of Christ.

I believe that Paulus should probably have its name changed if it is chosen for the Sanar System. What the name could be changed to is up to debate because I was unable to find a better name that I was satisfied with. If the names Petrus and Andreus were kept, I think their moon should also be named after a significant figure in the Christian Bible.

 

PROPERTIES

The most important and noteworthy property of these double planets is that they are double planets. This means that Petrus and Andreus orbit each other around their barycenter and are roughly similarly sized (as shown in the graphic above). Petrus would have a radius of about 2700 km, and Andreus would have a radius of roughly 2450km. Regarding the planets' moon, Paulus orbits around both of them in an elliptical shape. Paulus's orbit isn’t the most stable in the universe, but it can manage. Paulus is much smaller than either planet, and it would have a radius of about 15km. 

The planets should take about 7.5 Eurth days to orbit around the barycenter, and they would also be tidally locked to one another. Both planets would be bluish in color, caused by their copper-rich soil and oxygen-rich atmospheres. Of the two, Andreus would have a thicker atmosphere and would be rich in resources, while Petrus would have a thin atmosphere and be less resource rich. Neither planet would have a source of water in any state, but Paulus would be entirely covered in ice.

If the Apostolic System illustrated above is deemed too improbable, a system closer to the Pluto-Charon system (as shown in the graphic below) could be adopted. However this would mean the considerable downsizing of Andreus, either in size or density, to account for the change in barycenter. In this setup, Paulus could probably remain, but it could also be scrapped.

 

(Graphic showing the Pluto-Charon system and their orbits.)

 

Short Note on Location

This won’t get its own section because it is relatively short. If the Apostolic System is picked up, I believe it should be the inner planets farthest from the San, but the decision is up to the community since I have no strong opinions on any location.

Honestly, it would work out only if the Paulus is of neglectable size or of neglectable mass, because the system would scatterfor sure if there were more than two bodies thanks to the fact, that naturally-occuring Three-body systems of relatively non-neglectable mass are chaotic, especially when they are a subset of a larger system. I am more than sure that such a three-body system would've split by now. It is even considered to be a case with a hypothetical Planet Five in the early Solar System.

I like this idea, but I feel it is rather unrealistic under those conditions. As you suggested, I would suggest scraping Paulus...

[Xio]

3 hours ago, Walneria said:

Honestly, it would work out only if the Paulus is of neglectable size or of neglectable mass, because the system would scatterfor sure if there were more than two bodies thanks to the fact, that naturally-occuring Three-body systems of relatively non-neglectable mass are chaotic, especially when they are a subset of a larger system. I am more than sure that such a three-body system would've split by now. It is even considered to be a case with a hypothetical Planet Five in the early Solar System.

I like this idea, but I feel it is rather unrealistic under those conditions. As you suggested, I would suggest scraping Paulus...

Actually my good sir, at far enough distances two body orbits can act as a pseudo one body with a point mass at the barycentre equal to the two masses of the co-orbiting objects creating a 2-body-esque system. It's how you can have planets orbiting binary stars in a p-type orbit. One especially interesting nugget of information about p-type orbiting planets around binary stars similar in size to the sun is that the habitability zone is coincidentally on the boundary of stability.
 

Quote

The minimum stable star-to-circumbinary-planet separation is about 2–4 times the binary star separation, or orbital period about 3–8 times the binary period.

-Wikipedia

Paulus' orbital period may need to be changed but a distance of 2-4x the separation of Petrus and Andreus should still be entirely possibly if the two planets are close to one another, the hill sphere for the point mass should be sufficient in size for Paulus' orbit considering its the furthest out of the inner San terrestrial planets. All in all, this type of configuration is entirely possible it would just need some tweaking.

[Xio]

The submissions have been reviewed and the results are in, we have our four prize winners!

In fourth place is @Delamaria Paidios (dwarf) planet.
A very realistic submission with a decent level of history and detail, Paidios has earned itself as the Pluto analogue of the Sanar System. Delamaria has won a Discord Meme command which they can customise to their heart's content.

In third place is @Fravina with their Petrus and Andreus binary planet system with their moon of Paulus.
The Apostolic system immediately caught the eyes of the staff for its distinction as a binary planetary system and the use of Christian themes. Fravina has been given a free NPC for them to customise and place near their nation. It can be related to Fravina or it can be something completely different, its entirely up to them!

In second place is @San Castellino's Ether gas giant!
As the only submission to actually be drawn (stuck together?) in the real wurld, it certainly caught the attention of the judges and staff. The nice balance of lore and ideas and the above and beyond detail of its composition and characteristics whilst leaving much to the imagination and speculation of the community gave it a comfortable second place. Ether has found its home in the outer gas giants and San Castellino has won a small economic expansion, the exact % increase of GDP and the nature of the economic boom will be decided by SC with oversight from staff.

And, in first place, is @Volta with the Aril System!
Knocking it out of the park with numerous fascinating ideas and concepts the Aril System was by the fan favourite of many staff members, especially with the planets of Laran, Vanth and especially Satre. All planets had details on their scientific characteristics which have been verified to be accurate and within the realistic boundaries of Eurth, including - shockingly - Satre's rings!  Tidally locked planets are always a fun edition to a star system but Laran's particular location and composition makes it a golden opportunity for 'future' events. Wink wink nudge nudge*. In the end Laran, Vanth, and Satre have all been welcomed into the new Sanar system. Volta has also won a small territorial expansion equal to 1 land area point. The exact specifics of which will be left for Volta to decide with staff oversight.

Congratulations to the top four and an extra grateful thank you for everyone to participated. But that's not all, as we can unveil the new Sanar system, no fancy graphics though its still in its early stages.


Inner Planets (from the Sun to the Asteroid Belt)
►Hyperion
►Balder & Nanna
►Eurth & the Moon with Walneria's look.
►Laran
►Maraz with Ostara’s look.
►Petrus & Andreus and their moon Paulus.

Middle Planets (from the Asteroid Belt to the Dust Belt)
►Satre and its amazing rings.
►Diaphres and its moons Apollo & Nortia, Maris, Albus, and Artemis (with Actaeon's characteristics and look).
►Ether and its moon Thalassa.
►Thanatos the dark planet and its many spooky moons.

Outer Planets (from the Dust Belt to the outer reaches of the Sanar System, including named dwarf planets)
►Paidios
►Pluta
►Vanth, the captured rogue planet.


The staff have decided to have the name for the Sun and Eurth's Moon to just stay as 'Sun' and 'Moon' for ease of convenience for the community, at least in Anglish/English. Of course other names for the two celestial bodies can exist in other languages, and like in Sci-Fi the Moon and Sun are often called Luna and Sol. The Eurth's Kuiper Belt needs a name, it's temporary name (made literally just now) is the 'Dust Belt' but a better one is needed!

The Sanar System will have 15 to 11 planets depending on who you ask, quite a lot but who says you can't have too many planets?... Astronomers maybe, probably. Oh well, congratulations to all!



*Don't expect any space colonisation for a while, lads. Temper your spirits .

[Orioni]

Thank you very much to everyone who participated in this. It was really great to see so much creativity emerge. Who knew there are so many amateur astronomers among us? The contest rules and criteria were clearly defined. Still, the scoring was a nice challenge as well. In the end, we have a new Solar/Sanar system, with plenty of future lore to discover...