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From: albert@chain.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Rick Jones)
Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
Subject: ADMIN: The Nexus System
Date: 30 Aug 1993 22:03:27 GMT
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Proposal for the Nexus Solar System:

Size and Shape: Nexus is a spherical planet about the same size and
distance from the sun as Earth.  The Sun is a star, just like the Earth's
sun. 

Moons: Nexus has three moons, Primus, Secondus and Tertius.  Primus is a
large white airless sphere, similar to the Earth's moon in shape,
appearance, and period.  Secondus is a much smaller sphere, which orbits
Primus in an orbit perpendicular Nexus' orbital plane.  Tertius is an
irregular rock even smaller than Secondus.  Tertius trails Primus in it's
orbital plane around 6 hours behind it.  (During the day, the Sun obscures
Tertius.)  Astronomers believe that Tertius is a piece of space junk,
perhaps a comet, that was caught in Nexus' gravitation pull.

Other Planets/Celestial Features:

Galler: A large planet with over ten moons, the largest, Copern, an
Earth-like moon. (Jupiter)

Kepleo: A large planet farther out from the sun than Nexus. It's much more
massive, has a series of rings, and many small moons.  It's atmosphere is
primarily methane with some other nasty bits.  (essentially, Saturn)

Other suggestions I heard were for a Desert Planet and a Cloud-Covered 
Science-Fiction Venus.

Any suggestions?

I'm volunteering to be the Royal Astronomer of Nexus, so once this gets 
hammered out, I'll post it semi-regularly.
-- 
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