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Line 4: | name = Rosetta | name = Rosetta | coord = -462.868 : 226.327{{e}} | coord = -462.868 : 226.327{{e}} − | stars = Ptolemy A, Ptolemy B {sic}<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47: "Rosetta" sidebar</ref> + | stars = Ptolemy A, B − | class = A1V (Ptolemy-A),<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> unspecified white dwarf (Ptolemy-B)+ | class = A1V, D<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47: "Rosetta Planet Profile"</ref> | recharge = 162 hours<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | recharge = 162 hours<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | recharge stations = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | recharge stations = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> − | planets = 4 or more<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> + | planets = 4{{cn}} }} }} − The '''Rosetta''' system, named after its inhabited body in accordance with [[BattleTech]] convention,<ref>Explained out thusly in the "Rosetta" sidebox, ''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47</ref> is technically the '''Ptolemy''' binary star system. It includes at least four planets around Ptolemy A, the fourth being the superjovian gas giant ("practically a brown dwarf"<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 48 - short story ''Starfire''</ref>) Champollion aka Ptolemy IV<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> which in turn possesses thirteen moons, one of them the eponymous inhabited moon Rosetta. + The '''Rosetta''' system, named after its inhabited body in accordance with [[BattleTech]] convention,<ref>Explained out thusly in the "Rosetta" sidebox, ''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47</ref> is technically the '''Ptolemy''' binary star system. It includes at least four planets around Ptolemy A, the fourth being the superjovian gas giant Champollion which in turn possesses thirteen moons, one of them the eponymous inhabited moon Rosetta. − − Ptolemy B is a shrunken white dwarf star on an elliptic 50 year orbit around Ptolemy A; every third orbit, i.e. every 150 years, it comes close, approximately 3.5 AUs, to Champollion and its moons including Rosetta. The planet is then situated roughly halfway between the two suns.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> ==System Description== ==System Description== Line 57:
Line 55: | caption = Orbital view | caption = Orbital view | name = Rosetta | name = Rosetta − | othernames = Ptolemy IV C<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> + | othernames = Ptolemy IV C − | position = (moon of 4th planet)<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> + | position = (moon)<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | distance = 47.06 days<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | distance = 47.06 days<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | moons = | moons = Line 81:
Line 79: }} }} ===Planetary History=== ===Planetary History=== − Rosetta is an earth-sized<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> moon of the gas giant Champollion (one out of thirteen), 1.8 million kilometers from the planet and orbiting it every 16 days. It was terraformed by the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] for easier access to its mineral resources. The stated normal temperature range was said to be ten to sixty degrees, and since there is no axial tilt, there are reportedly no seasons; it is tidally locked to Champollion.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> + Rosetta is a moon of the gas giant Champollion (one out of thirteen). It was terraformed by the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] for easier access to its mineral resources. − Champollion is a planet of the binary system's primary star, 4.6 AU out from the A1V-class Ptolemy A and circling it once every 6.8 years. Every 50 years the white dwarf Ptolemy B makes close passes to Ptolemy A, and Rosetta is known to have increased periods of tectonic and volcanic activity during every third pass when Ptolemy B also approaches Champollion closer, causing tidal interactions on Rosetta. During these times Rosetta's plains are flooded with molten sulfur.<ref name=25YAF/> + Champollion is a planet of the binary system's primary star, the A1V-class Ptolemy A. Every 50 years the white dwarf Ptolemy B makes close passes to Ptolemy A, and Rosetta is known to have increased periods of tectonic and volcanic activity during every third pass when Ptolemy B also approaches Champollion closer, causing tidal interactions on Rosetta. During these times Rosetta's plains are flooded with molten sulfur.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> When the first such sulfur flooding happened (implicitly, in [[2728]]) after the moon was colonized, the colonists were well-prepared, but when it occurred for the second time (implicitly in [[2878]]), there was no Rim Worlds Republic or Star League anymore and the [[Succession Wars era]] with its [[lostech]] problem was in full swing. The colony that had 14 million citizens at its peak was devastated. Since then, the remaining colonists have moved to less endangered areas, far from Rosetta's nearside to Champollion.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> When the first such sulfur flooding happened (implicitly, in [[2728]]) after the moon was colonized, the colonists were well-prepared, but when it occurred for the second time (implicitly in [[2878]]), there was no Rim Worlds Republic or Star League anymore and the [[Succession Wars era]] with its [[lostech]] problem was in full swing. The colony that had 14 million citizens at its peak was devastated. Since then, the remaining colonists have moved to less endangered areas, far from Rosetta's nearside to Champollion.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/>
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| name = Rosetta | | name = Rosetta | ||
| coord = -462.868 : 226.327{{e}} | | coord = -462.868 : 226.327{{e}} | ||
| − | | stars = Ptolemy A, | + | | stars = Ptolemy A, B |
| − | + | | class = A1V, D<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47: "Rosetta Planet Profile"</ref> | |
| recharge = 162 hours<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | | recharge = 162 hours<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
| recharge stations = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | | recharge stations = None<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
| − | | planets = 4 | + | | planets = 4{{cn}} |
}} | }} | ||
| − | The '''Rosetta''' system, named after its inhabited body in accordance with [[BattleTech]] convention,<ref>Explained out thusly in the "Rosetta" sidebox, ''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47</ref> is technically the '''Ptolemy''' binary star system. It includes at least four planets around Ptolemy A, the fourth being the superjovian gas giant | + | The '''Rosetta''' system, named after its inhabited body in accordance with [[BattleTech]] convention,<ref>Explained out thusly in the "Rosetta" sidebox, ''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47</ref> is technically the '''Ptolemy''' binary star system. It includes at least four planets around Ptolemy A, the fourth being the superjovian gas giant Champollion which in turn possesses thirteen moons, one of them the eponymous inhabited moon Rosetta. |
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==System Description== | ==System Description== | ||
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| caption = Orbital view | | caption = Orbital view | ||
| name = Rosetta | | name = Rosetta | ||
| − | | othernames = Ptolemy IV C | + | | othernames = Ptolemy IV C |
| − | | position = (moon | + | | position = (moon)<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> |
| distance = 47.06 days<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | | distance = 47.06 days<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||
| moons = | | moons = | ||
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}} | }} | ||
===Planetary History=== | ===Planetary History=== | ||
| − | Rosetta is | + | Rosetta is a moon of the gas giant Champollion (one out of thirteen). It was terraformed by the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] for easier access to its mineral resources. |
| − | Champollion is a planet of the binary system's primary star, | + | Champollion is a planet of the binary system's primary star, the A1V-class Ptolemy A. Every 50 years the white dwarf Ptolemy B makes close passes to Ptolemy A, and Rosetta is known to have increased periods of tectonic and volcanic activity during every third pass when Ptolemy B also approaches Champollion closer, causing tidal interactions on Rosetta. During these times Rosetta's plains are flooded with molten sulfur.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> |
When the first such sulfur flooding happened (implicitly, in [[2728]]) after the moon was colonized, the colonists were well-prepared, but when it occurred for the second time (implicitly in [[2878]]), there was no Rim Worlds Republic or Star League anymore and the [[Succession Wars era]] with its [[lostech]] problem was in full swing. The colony that had 14 million citizens at its peak was devastated. Since then, the remaining colonists have moved to less endangered areas, far from Rosetta's nearside to Champollion.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | When the first such sulfur flooding happened (implicitly, in [[2728]]) after the moon was colonized, the colonists were well-prepared, but when it occurred for the second time (implicitly in [[2878]]), there was no Rim Worlds Republic or Star League anymore and the [[Succession Wars era]] with its [[lostech]] problem was in full swing. The colony that had 14 million citizens at its peak was devastated. Since then, the remaining colonists have moved to less endangered areas, far from Rosetta's nearside to Champollion.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp47/> | ||