Thursday, August 4, 2022

Bulletin #109699: New Caledonia

"New Caledonia: Star system behind the Coal Stack with a F8 primary star catalogued as Murchison A.

Murchison A has six planets in five orbits, with four inner planets, a relatively wide gap contains the debris of an unformed planet, and two outer planets in a Trojan relationship.

The four inner planets are named Conchobar, New Ireland, New Scotland, and Former in the order from the sum which is known locally as Cal, or Old Cal, or the Sun."

The Mote in God's Eye, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, 1974.

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