White Sun

White Sun
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Identification
Name (Sino)	Bai Hu 白虎
Translation	White Tiger
Name (Anglo)	White Sun
Stellar Catalogue ID	43 Tarui (2020) A
Astronomical Data
Class	A0
Radius	2.5 Sol
Mass	3.2 Sol
Luminosity	80.0 Sol
Temperature	10,800 K
Distance	0 AU
Historical / Geographical Data
Capital(s)	Londinium Sihnon
Settled	2220
Protostars	Qin Shi Huang Lux
Gas Giants	None
Terrestrial Planets	14
Moons	26
Asteroid Belts	The Halo
Population	39.5 billion
Other Information
Bai Hu is considered to be the center of the Verse. Bai Hu lies 40 light-years from Sol in the constellation of Taurus.

Bai Hu, also known as White Sun, is the central star of the Verse. Around this star orbit the Core Planets, as well as the four additional stars that make up the stellar cluster: Huang Long, Zhu Que, Xuan Wu, and Qing Long.

Background

Bai Hu is a high-magnitude, A-class star. Due to its immense mass (approx. 40 solar masses), it appears to be a relatively young star. The other stars orbiting it have the same attributes of main sequence stars, but must also therefore be young.

The surface temperature of Bai Hu is at the upper limit of A-class stars, around 10,000 degrees Kelvin. The nearest planets orbit at a considerable distance, enabling them to support life (after terraforming).

The Bai Hu system has two gas giants (brown dwarfs), fourteen terrestrial planets, twenty-six terrestrial moons, and one asteroid belt with 78-million catalogued objects. There are hundreds of millions of other objects in the local area, including smaller moons, lagrangian satellites, comets, and rogue bodies.

History

34 Tauri A was discovered in 2020, along with four other stars and fourteen gas giants nearby, located in the southeast quadrant of the constellation of Taurus, some 40 light-years from the solar system. While a vastly different star in size, magnitude, and temperature from the sun, projections indicate that the system could support life.

In the mid-21st century, after the failure of terraforming on Venus, Mars, and the Moon due to lack of natural resources, the Alliance is formed with its initial task of establishing a colony program to travel to this new star system.

In the 2200's, robotic terraforming crews arrived in the system. The two main planets, Londinium and Sihnon were terraformed first, and colonization began. Shortly thereafter, many of the remaining planets and large moons were terraformed to support terrestrial life. After successful tests on the gas giant Burnham, the two brown dwarfs in the system were helioformed into artificial protostars in the mid-2200's to enable their larger moons to support life.

System

The Bai Hu system is considered to end at its asteroid belt, which is considered the boundary between the Core and the Border.

The planets, gas giants, protostars, and moons that orbit Bai Hu are shown in their orbital order.

1. Bernadette
   1. Nautilus
   2. Spinrad
2. Londinium - Anglo capital of Bai Hu and center of government for the Alliance.
   1. Colchester
   2. Balkerne
3. Sihnon - Sino capital of Bai Hu.
   1. Airen
   2. Xiaojie
   3. Xiansheng
4. Liann Jiun
   1. Tiantan
   2. Fu
5. Gonghe
   1. Xing Yun
6. Rubicon - The only uninhabited rock in the Core
7. Osiris
   1. Epeuva
   2. Tannhauser
8. Qin Shi Huang - Protostar
   1. Santo
      1. Tethys
      2. New Luxor
9. Valentine
   1. Selene
   2. Chons
10. Bellerophon
    1. Tyrins
    2. Xanthus
    3. Parth
11. Ariel
    1. Ariopolis
    2. Shiva
    3. Poseidon
12. Albion
    1. Avalon
13. Lux - Protostar
    1. Persephone
       1. Hades
       2. Renao
    2. Pelorum
       1. Kaleidoscope
14. The Halo - Asteroid Belt