Aul’Vex
Aul’Vex
Astrographical Information
Galaxy
Milky Way
Galactic ArmOrion
SystemCraehlil System
OrbitingCraehlil
Orbital positionFirst Planet
Orbital Distance0.39 AU (58,343,169 km)
Orbital characteristics
Aphelion 0.41 AU (61,334,125 km)
Perihelion 0.37 AU (55,352,212 km)
Semi-major axis 0.39 AU (58,343,169 km)
Eccentricity 0.036
Orbital period (sidereal) 101.3 days
Average orbital speed 47.2 km/s
Mean anomaly 127.9°
Inclination- 3.1° – Craehlil's equator;
- 1.2° – invariable plane;
- 2.4° – J2000 ecliptic
Longitude of ascending node 23.4°
Time of perihelion 11.5 days
Argument of perihelion 95.2°
Moon(s) 0
Physical Information
Diameter 8,172 km (5,078.4 mi)
Mean radius 4,086 km (2,539.2 mi)
Equatorial radius 4,106 km (2,551.3 mi)
Polar radius 4,065 km (2,527.0 mi)
Flattening 0.0100
Circumference- 25,684 km; equatorial
- 25,531 km; meridional
- Land: 210,012,000 km²
- Water: 0 km² (0% of Aul’Vex's surface area)
Volume 3.026 × 10¹¹ km³
Mass 3.52 × 10²⁴ kg
Mean density 6.88 g/cm³
Surface Gravity 13.21 m/s²
Moment of inertia factor 0.309
Escape velocity 12.8 km/s
Synodic rotation period Permanent day/night (tidally locked)
Sidereal rotation period 101.3 days (equal to orbital period)
Equatorial rotation velocity ~0 m/s (tidal lock)
Axial tilt 0.4°
Axial Precession Negligible (rotational lock suppresses precession)
Albedo- 0.12 geometric
- 0.09 Bond
Temperature 440–1,320 K
Surface Temperature- -183°C (–297.4°F) Min
- ~507°C (944.6°F) Mean (day side)
- 937°C (1,718.6°F) Max
Surface absorbed dose rate ~1,520 μGy/h
Surface equivalent dose rate ~1,740 μSv/h
Apparent magnitude –3.4" to 2.6"
Absolute magnitude (H) 6.22
Atmosphere
Surface pressure
Trace to ~0.001 atm (micro-atmospheric)
Composition by volume- 61.4% Sodium vapor
- 17.2% Sulfur dioxide
- 6.8% Atomic oxygen
- 5.0% Silicate particulates
- 3.4% Argon
- <2.0% Ionized aluminum, trace volatiles
- 0.2% Industrial remnants (legacy nanocomposite haze)
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