Lore/Locations/Geminae

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Geminae

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Geminae Alpha is a type G main sequence star. Bright and warm, but also mild compared to other stars in terms of both radiation and UV rays, it served as the perfect "Incubation Lamp" to encourage the evolution of life on Tellune's still rocky surface, billions of years ago.

It, together with Auri, forms the greater Geminae-Auri binary star system. It is unknown how this constellation came to be, as scientists theorize Auri must have been captured while the planets of Geminae were still forming. If that was the case though, Auri would not have as many planets as it has now. This is a curiosity that many an astrophysicist has failed to explain.

Noteworthy for:

Being very bright, giving you sunburns, not being habitable.

Geminae 1 - Zienert

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Zienert is a barren, rocky world. It is quite small, and so close to Geminae in orbit that astrophysicists calculate it is likely very close to its Roche limit. Together with its closeness, its thick sulfur-dioxide-based atmosphere does not make it any more desirable as a tourist destination to land on.

This does not deter tourism though, as the sulfurous atmosphere periodically catches fire and forms intense, visually impressive plasma storms. As a resulut, many resort stations orbit Zienert, shielded from the intense heat by thermally insulated panels.