Aldit

Theorized to be the capital planet of the Verteron Consortium due to the buzz of activity visible through telescopes, Aldit is the third planet of Zev in the Zev System. Aldit is a superterrestrial world of two terrestrial masses, with a thick atmosphere filled with all manner of pollutants and toxic gases from its long history. 
== Geography ==
The most geologically active planet in the system, Aldit has a large selection of continents, volcanoes, and mountain ranges across its surface. Due to the orientation of the system, only the southern hemisphere is reliably visible to most of the Ervo Sector powers, but long-range telescopes can still see a number of small landmasses scattered across it. Most of the planet's surface, estimated at 80% barring an insane statistical anomaly on the unmapped side of the planet, is covered in water. Clouds are observed whirling around the planet, completely free from any tall mountain ranges for the most part. 
== Moons ==
Aldit has two moons.
==== Aldob ====
The first and largest moon of Aldit, Aldob is a fairly standard rocky world. Aldob has spent most of its observational history covered near-completely in various artificial structures courtesy of the Verteron Consortium. Today, its surface is near-completely obscured by a spherical megastructure which seems to be draining mass from the moon and using it to build things, including more of itself. 
==== Anqui ====
The smallest and outermost moon of Aldit, Anqui started its observational history several hundred years ago as a barren moon, with parts of its surface covered in a variety of artificial structures. Today, it's mass has halved, likely from the extraction of resources, and its surface is completely obscured by some sort of shell structure. The original moon may not even be there at all, reduced to its constituent resources in the metal belly of the megastructure. 
== Physical Characteristics ==
Aldit is a superhabitable superterrestrial world, substantially larger than any rocky planet in the Verda System (except Atma). Like most terrestrial worlds, Aldit is composed of silicates and iron, and has a relatively small iron core. Aldit weighs in at two terrestrial masses, making it quite large, but not at the top of the rocky planet range. 
== Atmosphere ==
== Orbit and Rotation ==
Aldit, orbiting in the habitable zone of a G-class star, has an orbital period comparable to that of Teralla or Jevethra. Of course, Zev is brighter than Verda is, so it has to orbit a little further out compared to these worlds. This planet also has a fairly slow rotation period, at 1.1 days, and a high axial tilt, creating what were likely impressive seasonal variations. 
Category:Planets
Category:Nickr118's Articles