Liratan

Liratan is farthest major moon of Glau, and the second largest, beaten by a huge margin by Tarsis. It is the only moon in the outer Verda system to sustain large bodies of liquids on its surface (hydrocarbons, in this case).
== Physical Characteristics ==
Liratan has always been a target for exploration since it was discovered to have a dense atmosphere. It had been a challenge to observe the surface, however, do to the dense atmosphere. The first spacecraft to pierce the haze was the Kellelai probe, named after Keyla Kellelai, who discovered the moon. The probe was also the first to discover vast hydrocarbon oceans on its surface. This only made the already great excitement around the moon even greater, as scientists hypothesized, quite correctly, that Liratan had some exotic ecosystem on it.
== Atmosphere ==
Liratan has a thick atmosphere, at 4.8 times as dense as Earth's atmosphere. It is in fact the smallest moon to have a stable atmosphere. It's atmosphere is composed mainly of nitrogen, with some oxygen and hydrocarbons in it too. It seems that Liratan exhibits hydrocarbon-driven geology, complete with hydrocarbon rain, clouds, as well as erosion and weathering.
== Oceans & Lakes ==
Liratan is one of the only known objects in the Verda Stellar Neighborhood to have lakes of hydrocarbons, mainly composed of liquid methane (CH₄) and ethane (C₂H₆). It is also by far the smallest example. The others, such as Verri, are all fairly large, making Liratan a very unique world. 
== Life ==
Liratan's life was imported from fellow Verdan Federation member planet of Verri. As such, it uses liquid hydrocarbons like methane as a solvent rather than water. Plants use methane (CH4) and nitric oxide (NO) to produce methanol (CH3OH), nitrogen (N2), and oxygen (O2):
2 CH4 + 4 NO + energy → 2 CH3OH + 2 N2 + O2.
Animals breathe in oxygen, but release nitric oxide rather than carbon dioxide. Luckily, oxygen is present in Liratan's atmosphere.
== Colonization ==
To be redone
== Moon ==
Tirtan is one of the only known moons with it's own moon, known as a submoon or moonmoon.
* Akkar
== Biomes ==
Tirtan has nine biomes.
* Hydrocarbon Oceans
* Hydrocarbon Lakes
* Hydrocarbon Rivers
* Lowlands
* Midlands
* Highlands
* Dunes
* Computer Complexes
* Factories
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