Dinom (world)
| Dinom/Lanth (Spinward Marches 1811) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | D300535-A
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| Hard Times (1130) | D310535-B
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Primary | A4 V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dinom is situated in the Lanth Subsector, deep in the Spinward Marches Sector of the Imperium.
Dinom is a small (4800 kilometer diameter) airless world in far orbit around the central star of the Dinom system. The planet's polar axis extends toward the central star (and will for another 200 years); the northern hemisphere is in constant light, while the southern hemisphere is in constant night. The equator is a zone of constant twilight and moderate temperatures. Gravity is about 0.20 gravities. Dinom's star is a very large, very bright giant visible throughout the subsector, and would not normally have planets. Dinom itself is a rogue planet originally a satellite of the system's gas giant. It is now trapped in the trojan position of that gas giant, and trails the giant in its orbit around the star.
The revolution of Dinom around its central star means that the polar axis will not always face toward the star. The 1600 year orbit of Dinom advances the pole about one degree in four years; in 200 years, it will advance 45 degrees. Ultimately, the world will have ordinary days and nights and the frozen gas of the Cold Face will sublimate to give Dinom an atmosphere. In 800 years, the Cold Face will have become the new Bright Face.
Settlement of this world took place only 200 years ago, just as the world was settling into a Bright Face period. The cities were established in the predicted twilight zones to take advantage of the temperate climates.
Life: Nestled within the abysses (which fill with gas during the gentler periods of Dinom) are the spores of life for the world. In the long changes of temperature, the spores come out and flourish when the time is right. This life is primarily plant forms.
Dinom's population of 230,000 is concentrated in three large cities (names: Rhylan, Medianne, and Napan) which house ore-processing centers. Each city is governed by a board of directors answering to the shareholder-owners (who number about 10 per city) of the ore-processing centers. Token representation for nonshareholders is also provided. The three cities send representatives to Rhylan for the World Board, which also has representation (about 10%) for the non-city dwellers. The Board is responsible for interstellar relations, system defense, industrial production, and Imperial contact.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com