Cherulan

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"The Twisted Pebble"

based on and from Space Engine

Date of Discovery: Sol 149.2089

Statistics:

Radius: 57.84km

Rotational Period: 17.89h 46m 3s (1:1 orbital renaissance)

Age: 585.43 million years

Gravity: 0.4852 m/s^2

2nd moon from Torrah Prime, heavily impacted by tidal forces.

Major Settlements

Bounty Aid Shelter

Bounty Aid Shelter or BAS is a small outpost of Cherulan. Nobody knows why not many people live here, but it is shown the Cherulan is the mother of all craters. Being completely covered in craters, with barely any flat land, no wonder why people don't bother coming here at all! Although BAS is also a science outpost, it is to aid people, with it would be tactical or general, BAS also serves as a pit-stop, with supplies and living spaces if need.

Lore

Although many people do believe Cherulan deserves the title, 'The Odd Rock' more than Cerratrune strangely, people find Cherulan quite beautiful. Although Cerratrune has beautiful cracks and canyons, many people are in awe of the craters. Some speculate that the swirly pattern is caused by tidal forces, which is an option for explanation, though here is not a lot of evidence to back this up, since there isn’t a lot of seismic activity nor cracks. It does have an active core because of the tidal forces, and due to these forces, it creates a small, livable magnetosphere and retains a very thin atmosphere of dust. It is not truly an atmosphere-atmosphere, but it does create some extraordinary sunsets.

Despite Cherulan being the odd-one-out, it still looks great and is interesting just like the other Torran moons. It does have an eccentric orbit, which create interesting and unique views from Torah Prime and it’s brother moons. The dark side of Cherulan is very dark, but if it casts an eclipse on Torah Prime, the nights are quite bright; just enough to see. Cherulan also has rough terrain, making landing and traversing land difficult. Cherulan has a lot to offer, whether it would be the spectacular views of Arkkana or Torah Prime, to the wonderful craters and the jagged peaks of Cherulan.