Both Stars first visited by Iberia.

ETA BOÖTES

This is a double star system, a large yellow G0 subgiant, and a remnant white dwarf orbiting 1.5 AU away.

The gravitational interaction makes orbits in the inner system unstable out to about 6 AU.

The outer system consists of two massive gas giants, and two ice planets further out.

FTL LINKS:

Arcturus: 1

Queen Isabel's Star (BD+36) via GJ1179 3

Vesta BD+17 2611 1.5

LIKHI ETA BOÖTES I.- A Jovian gas giant in an elliptical orbit, 9.90 AU at closest approach, 14.36 AU at furthest. 68,559 Km radius. 7 moons.

ARARAT ETA BOÖTES II.- A Jovian gas giant at, 27.22 AU 75,091 Km radius.

NOVA CRIMERA ETA BOÖTES III.- An ice world at 48.411 AU. 6,102 Km radisu, 0.68G

HOVERLA ETA BOÖTES IV.- An ice world at 57.928 AU. 9,441 Km radius, 0.76 G

VESTA BD+17 2611

This system consists of two stars, one K1 primary (VESTA A) and a smaller M1 secondary. The elleptical orbit and interference of the two stars has made the system largely unstable for planet development, but a handful of small worlds has clustered around each star, in tight orbits unaffected by the interference of the other star.

FTL Links

Eta Bootis 1.5

Porrima via BD+0 2989, DT VIrginis 3.5

Isabel's Star (BD+36) via GJ1179 3.5

VESTA A's orbits

JANIS VESTA A I.- A hothouse terrestrial planet at 0.424 AU in a resonant spin orbit, 7802 km radius, 1.11 G, very dense, toxic, hot, Venusian atmosphere.

BENDIS VESTA A II.- At 0.766 AU, a planetoid, oblique, 900 km major radius, 0.16 G

VELES VESTA A III.- At 0.905 AU, a cold terrestrial world, 4501 Km radius, 0.59 G, 0.339 Atmospheres. Water ice exists but the thin atmosphere has almost no oxygen. A sort of "intermediate Mars".

YAROVIT VESTA A IV.- An ice planet at 4.301 AU, 4998 Km radius, 0.79 G, 0.22 Atmospheres.

VESTA B's orbits

ST KAROL VESTA B I.- At (average) .139 AU, 5770 radius, 0.88 G, 0.79 Atmosphere. This terrestrial planet's orbit is resonant to the orbit of BD+17 2611B II. It completes 1 orbit in 64 Earth days , and one revolution on its axis in 76 Earth days. This, as in the case of Gliese 570, causes the planet to appear to have one local day equal to 454 Earth days, with the star to appear move in the opposite direction across the sky. This planet has an ecosystem. See notes below.

RAGANA VESTA B II.- At .152 AU, a hot subjovian planet, 14,955 km radius. Brilliantly colored electrically active corona.

POLEVIK VESTA B III.- An asteroid belt at .3 to .45 AU

ST KAROL VESTA B I

Notes:

This is world's ecosystem is something of a surprise, as conditions for a life bearing planet are rare for M class stars. At such a close distance, without the presence of the B II, the planet would have likely become tidally locked, which would have likely created a stable *twilight belt*. This is not the case, and instead the planet experiences long scorching hot days and long icy nights. What's more, the planet has extremely strong but slow tides. The oceans are dragged towards the star, and so, in the depths of the night, and at high noon, the oceans are at their highest. Some 13% of the planet's surface is tidal littoral zone.

The atmosphere is thin but oxygen rich. Along with the tides and long day night cycle, the planet offers one more complication: Variability in the output of BD+17 2611B's illumination causes changes in the weather almost as much as the day/night cycle does. Weather is chaotic and violent here.

Life, however, has found its way. The life forms of BD+17 2611B I are adept at protecting themselves during the planet's many bad moods. The most advanced land animal forms all have an arthopod/crustacean/insect look to them, with tough jointed shells sreening them from bad environmental conditions. Many burrow and become dormant. Plants retreat into shells, or die off above ground leaving buried roors, etc. The littoral zones are gardens that come to life when wet, with the living creatures mostly vanishing into mud and shells when dry. The top land predator is about 5 meters long and seems to combine some of the features of crocodile and millipede. It is an "alien's alien" in the Hollywood image.

Both polar areas are covered in ocean, as the planet's dynamics have concentrated dry land along the equator.

A new region appears here, the Littoral Zone. This is underwater, on the average, 50% of the time. Littoral M zones have mountains that are above water at high tide.

Regions:

Class S Ocean: 126 Regions

Class L Tidal/Littoral: 21 Regions

Class L(C) subclass M, Tidal/Littoral with mountains: 6 Regions

Class D Subclass M Mountains 15 Regions

Class D High Altitude Plateau 2 Regions

Class D Deserts 7 Regions

Class D Subclass P Desert, Coastal 3 Regions

Class C Upland Savanna 25 Regions

Class C Tropical Woodland 19 Regions

Class C Subclass P Tropical Woodland, Coast 13 Regions

Class C Subclass I, M Tropical Woodland Island, 1 Regions

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