Varqov

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Pronunciation: V - ar - kov

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"thats newtonian gravity for you - deepfriedfrenchtoast"

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from the Universe Sandbox 2 variant of Antarius System

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Date of Discovery: 136.2073

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Class:

Frigid Airless Mini Chthonia

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General Statistics:

Earth Masses: 0.00199 mE

Radii in KM: 804 km

Density per cubic meter: 5.48 g/cm^3

Average Temperature: 59.8 k

Age: 5.64 SBY (Billion Years)

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Atmosphere Statistics:

Not Applicable (it has dust--what else did you expect?)

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Orbital Statistics:

Orbital Period: 1.92 SY

Semi Major Axis: 0.769 AU

Orbital Eccentricity: 0.00193

Orbital Inclination: 1.66°

Rotational Period: 22.5 SD

Axil Tilt: 31.0°

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11th planet from Arllath

Varqov is the core and remains of a small gas giant, with debris on the surface and in orbit. It is unknown as to when or how it became. Not even the ancient Hypereans know. With current evidence, we can see that the planet was once active, with the patterns on the surface and canyons. The planet is dead--completely. No magnetic field, no volcanism, nada. The Hypereans claim there was a little bit of volcanism, in the form of geysers and a few lava spouts, roughly a few thousand years ago.

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Planet Lore

Varqov, formerly known as Vasily, is the dead core of a gas giant. Varqov lies on the outskirts of the Andulian System, in orbit around Arllath. It is the last planet (Arllath M) of the Arllathian System, with a moderately eccentric orbit. The currently popular theory of Varqov's orbit is that Varqov was shot out from the inner system, mainly due to it being/having a rocky core. The orbit was past that of Terrebios, and no past than that of Faluun. Although the planet boasts a large ring system of dust and silicates, it formed no moons. Mainly because the planet was too small, yet just large enough to achieve Hydrostatic Equilibrium.

The surface is twisted and rough, with many canyons and dried-out fjords from the long dead ocean of compressed hydrocarbons. There are also some basins where multiple canyons intersect, forming a large, hollow, deep landscape, bordered by the high cliffs. what is strange is that there are no craters. Many scientists speculate that over a very long time, the ring will slowly fall back onto the planet, though this theory is largely null, and doesn't have much evidence to back it up, but is the most popular one so let's just assume that is how it's gonna be. The surface also has many large and twisting mountain ranges, ranging from just a set of long and thin hills to large, tall, and snaking mountains that stretch for tens of hundreds of kilometers.

There isn't much lore for this entry, as it is just a core of a dead gas giant with a ring :/ But at least it is cool. The outer planets of Arllath are fascinating, like the binary planets of Tibuclite and Tamoclite, or the 12th planet with trojan moons. Although there isn't much resource to extract from Varqov, Varqov remains an interesting planet, one to not only study but for good use, such as a large-scale "space-port". Though it would be cool if it was like a mini city planet, that would be a badass environment, wouldn't it?

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Moons:

None

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Moon Count: 

| Major Moons: 0 - Minor Moons: 94 |