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Astraea

Scope: Borealis Universe
From Amaranth Legacy, available at amaranth-legacy.community

"We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still."
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Astraea
Uranus from orbit, similar to the appearance of Astraea
Designations
Other Names

61 Virginis c

Orbital Info
Parent Body
Semimajor Axis

0.2175 AU

Orbital Period

0.104 standard years

Eccentricity

0.14

Properties
Mass

18.2 M⊕

Age

6.27 billion years

Satellites
Number of Moons

5

Biosphere
Native Life

No native life

Dominant Species
Society and Politics
Population

12 trillion

Astraea, formerly known as 61 Virginis c, is an ice giant orbiting the Sun-like star 61 Virginis. Discovered in 2009 by observatories in Hawaii and Australia, it was named after Astraea, the Greek goddess of justice and accuracy, who was said to have been the last goddess to leave Earth and became the constellation Virgo. It was also named such because Astraea was a suggested name for the planet Uranus (proposed by Erik Prosperin of Uppsala, Sweden), and further investigations of the planet in 26 877 CE revealed that Astraea and its moons are eerily similar to Uranus and its moons.

To prevent name conflicts, the asteroid 5 Astraea in the Sol System was converted into a spaceship.

Moons

Astraea has five moons:

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