Kaanu (world)

Kaanu/Libert (Diaspora 1207)
Classic Era (1116)	E421498-9 Starport E Frontier - no facilities Size 4 Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g) Atmosphere 2 Vacuum (very thin - tainted) Hydrographics 1 Dry World 10% Population 4 Moderate (90 thousand) Government 9 Impersonal Bureaucracy Law 8 High Law (controlled blades) Tech Level 9 Early Stellar (fusion)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	A2 IV K4 V
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	4

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Kaanu is a poor, nonindustrial hellworld with a population struggling to survive in an inhospitable environment.

• Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes even hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants. Survivors often develop intense survival skills and tend to be grim realists.
• It requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
• It is a member of the Third Imperium in the Libert Subsector of Diaspora Sector in the Domain of Sol.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This world is part of the Libert Main.

Stellar Data

Kaanu has two stars in the star system.

Kaanu
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	A2 IV	Subgiant		5.2	8600 - 9400	108.4
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.03517	0.86357	8.28 - 13.49	3.517	35.17
	Orbit #	*	3	7	5	9
	Remarks
Kaanu
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K4 V	Main Sequence (Dwarf)		0.73	4440 - 4600	0.33238
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.0066	0.0478	0.58 - 1.07	0.66	6.6
	Orbit #	*	*	2	2	6
	Remarks

History & Background

Imperial High (Landed) Nobility

Kaanu, as a member world of the Third Imperium has a member of the Imperial Landed Nobility who acts as an Imperial representative to the world.

• It holds the estate of an Imperial knight.

World Starport

Kaanu has a Class E Starport, a frontier quality installation with few expected amenities. There is unrefined fuel for starships and a limited variety of ship provisions. There is no shipyard of any kind, but there may be parts and technical support for doing minor services and repair. Ports of this classification generally consist of a downport.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• MegaTraveller Astrogators' Guide to the Diaspora Sector
• MegaTraveller Hard Times
• MegaTraveller Vampire Fleets
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science