T'Khut

T'Khut was an uninhabited class G planet in the Vulcan system. It formed a binary pair with Ni'Var, both of which orbited the star 40 Eridani A, and had one moon. 
In 2259, T'Khut was depicted on a diagram of the Vulcan system displayed in the shuttle Cervantes. ()
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===Background information===
The idea of Vulcan having a sister planet was proposed by D.C. Fontana to resolve the contradiction between the appearance of a celestial body in Vulcan's sky in , and Spock's statement in that "Vulcan has no moon." The planet was first named as "T'Kuht" in the "Landing Party Six" series of stories, published in as part of the Warped Space fanzine headed up by Gordon Carleton. Subsequently, beginning with the novel The Vulcan Academy Murders by Jean Lorrah, the name was picked up by various non-canonical licensed works; the spelling changed to "T'Khut" in Spock's World by Diane Duane, published in . 
The planet was alternatively named T'Rukh and "The Watcher" in the novel , and Valdena in the Last Unicorn Games RPG sourcebook The Way of Kolinahr.
T'Khut was finally canonized in in a display graphic of the Vulcan system created by Star Trek: Strange New Worlds art director Timothy Peel. It first appeared on an astrogator console display in the first season. A modified version of the graphic, with additional information about the 40 Eridani system and Kerkhov, appeared in "Charades". 
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