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AMARIA AND THE AMARIAN SOLAR SYSTEM


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SOL

Real-world name origin: the word "Sol".

The centre of the solar system Amaria belongs to, Sol is this solar system's only star. It's a main sequence F-type star. In comparison to the Earth's Sun's composition, Sol is/has:

  • 1.15 solar masses (1.54 million km diameter)
  • 1.52 luminosity (= ~5.82x10^26 W)
  • 1.07 surface temperature (= ~6.193 K)
  • 0.71 lifetime (= ~7.05 billion years)

Sol appears similarly in Amaria’s sky as the sun does in Earth’s sky except it’s slightly duller.



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HERIFIR

Name origin: derived from "hell fire".

Orbiting at 0.175 AU, Herifir is visible as an orange-red colour in Amaria's night sky. Herifir is a terrestrial Hell Planet, its surface a churning wasteland of volcanic activity.

It has no moons.



GIEMLA AND GIEMLO

Name origins: derived from Latin-derived languages' words meaning "twin", feminised (Giemla) and masculinised (Giemlo).

The Twin Planets, Giemla and Giemlo coorbit at 0.46 AU as a double-planet system. Giemla is considered the second planet of the solar system, while Giemlo is considered the third. Giemla is an iron rich terrestrial planet viewed as a creamy whitish colour in Amaria's night sky. Giemlo is also an iron rich terrestrial planet, though it appears as a more saturated golden cream colour in the night sky compared to its twin.

They share a rocky moon with each other.

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BRILEWA

Name origin: derived from Latin-derived languages' words meaning "bright".

Brilewa (sometimes spelt Brilhewa) is a desert-like terrestrial planet orbiting Sol at 1.123 AU. It is the brightest planet, and generally the brightest object besides Sol and Amaria's moons, in the sky. It has a very slightly yellow-tinged white colour.

It has 2 rocky minor moons.



AMARIA

Name origin: named after the Two Steps From Hell album, Amaria, which was supposedly derived from Latin-derived languages' words meaning "love", "to love" and/or "I would love" (thus the naming scheme for other planets).

Amaria is the solar system's friendly neighbourhood superearth. Orbiting at 1.41 AU, it's the only planet that falls in Sol's habitable zone. As a superearth, it's a terrestrial planet. It is the only inhabited planet in the solar system.

Amaria has two rocky major moons and one rocky minor moon, which itself orbits the larger of Amaria's two major moons. Orbi is the larger major moon, Orbiorbi (sometimes spelt Orbi-orbi or Orbi Orbi) is its moon and Rota is the smaller major moon.

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PRIO

Name origin: derived from Latin-derived languages' words meaning "worry", "concern".

Prio once orbited too close to Teridan to maintain a stable orbit at 2.82 AU. Prio ultimately became a victim to orbital decay, eventually crashing into Sol. Prio was once observed by Amarian humans, where it was observed as a distinct yellow colour in the night sky.

Prio never had a moon of its own. Though it did rarely temporarily capture small satellites in its orbit.



TERIDAN

Name origin: derived from Latin-derived languages' words meaning "boring", "dull".

Teridan is a terrestrial planet orbiting at 2.97 AU. Its orbit seems stable compared to Prio's. Teridan appears white when viewed in Amaria's night sky.

It has two rocky minor moon.

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INNER ASTEROID BELT

Sometimes referred to as the “greater asteroid belt”, the solar system's inner asteroid belt orbits at approximately 5.98 AU.

It contains one dwarf planet.



VIELRI

Name origin: derived from non-English words meaning "grand", "large", " a lot".

The largest planet in the solar system, Vielri, is a supergiant Jupiter liquid gas giant planet. It orbits at 6.89 AU. It appears gold in the night sky.

Vielri has the second largest number of moons in the solar system: dozens of moons, multiple for each combination of rocky and icy and minor and major types.

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AZULGA

Name origin: derived from non-English words meaning "blue", "cold".

Azulga is a gas giant ice giant planet that orbits at 8.167 AU. The third largest planet in the solar system, it is still significantly smaller than Vielri and Spirese.

The last of the naked eye planets, it appears blue in the night sky.

Third largest number of moons in the solar system, it has several and multiple for each combination of rocky and icy and minor and major types.



MEDIAL ASTEROID BELT

Sometimes referred to as the “lesser asteroid belt”, it orbits at 13.107 AU.

It contains 3 dwarf and/or minor planets.

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SPIRESE

Name origin: derived from "conspiracy".

Spirese (sometimes spelt Spires despite the long E sound in its pronunciation) is the second largest planet in the solar system. It's a liquid gas giant planet.

Orbiting at 20.539 AU, it is the only true planet in the solar system that requires a telescope to see. It was theorised to exist by mages with elite understanding in astronomical influences on magic (though they didn't necessarily theorise a planet - just an entity far away that had some influence on energy) but only confirmed once telescopes became more common.

It has several and multiple for each combination of rocky and icy and minor and major types.



OUTER ASTEROID BELT

The outer asteroid belt, sometimes referred to as the “dust disc” instead, begins orbiting at 34.547 AU and expands outwards. It contains 4 dwarf and/or minor planets.
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