Lambda Serpentis
Lambda Serpentis, occasionally abbreviated as Serpentis or simply Serp, is the star system in which Poseidon is found.
Lambda Serpentis I
- Mean orbital distance: 0.7 AU
- Diameter: 12,141 km
- Mass: 5×1024 kg
- Orbital Period: 210 Standard Days
Lambda Serpentis's inmermost planet, Hephaestus, is lifeless, immensely hot, and scoured by radiation.
Lambda Serpentis II
The second planet of the Lambda Serpentis system, Poseidon, is described in more detail on almost every other page of this wiki. Arguably a binary planet system, Lambda Serpentis II has two major satellites, Lambda Serpentis IIa and Lambda Serpentis IIb.
The Serpentis Belt
Mean orbital distance: 1.4-1.8 AU
The third planet of Lambda Serpentis's inner system was apparently destroyed early in the system's past, and is now an asteroid belt. Spacers and Belters emigrate here for mining and homesteading.
Outer gas giants
In addition to the inner planets, Lambda Serpentis has three gas giants in its (very compact) outer system.
Lambda Serpentis IV
- Mean orbital distance: 2.3 AU
- Diameter: 42,960 km
- Mass: 6.6×1025 kg
- Orbital period: 1,259 standard days
The innermost of Lambda Serpentis's three gas giants was named Aeolus, after the keeper of the winds.
Lambda Serpentis V
- Mean orbital distance: 3.5 AU
- Diameter: 112,440 km
- Mass: 6.4×1026 kg
- Orbital period: 6.42 Standard Years
Slightly smaller than Jupiter, Cronus is a stormy gas giant that inexplicably emits much more heat than a gas giant of its size ought to, and glows brightly in the infrared.
Lambda Serpentis VI
- Mean orbital distance: 5.5 AU
- Diameter: ~50,000 km
- Mass: 1.1×1026 kg
- Orbital period: 12.65 Standard Years
Persephone is the last of the gas giants, and marks the edge of the Serpentis System.
The Wormhole
Beyond Persephone's orbit, the Wormhole connects Lambda Serpentis to Earth's solar system.