Morkas

Morkas is the fifth planet orbiting Rican and the furthest of the five rocky planets from Rican. Morkas' gravity interacts with other objects in space, especially Rican, the other eight planets of the Ricanor System and Morkas' two natural satellites, Liluri and Sond. Morkas revolves around Rican in 358 (Girnean) days, a period known as a Morkean year. Observations from Girnas suggest that as the rotation of Morkas is faster than Girnas then, to an observer on Morkas, a Morkean year has 498 Morkean days.
Observations from Girnas seem to indicate that Morkas has a thin, pale blue atmosphere and a verdant surface. The surface area of Morkas has been estimated at over 74,400sq², as the planet is thought to be smaller than Girnas.
Morkas has two natural satellites, Liluri - a small, yellow dusty moon, and Sond - a small, soil brown moon.
== Name ==
The name Morkas comes from the Thanorian Morcke meaning "an emerald", and the suffix -as meaning "place, position" or less directly "land". The name Liluri comes from the Thanorian Liler meaning "courier", and Iluri meaning "buttery" (i.e. creamy-yellow coloured). The name Sond comes from the Thanorian word meaning "mud" or "soil", because of its colour.
Category:Planets
Category:Morkas
Category:Ricanor System