Varbudos

Varbudos is the largest terrestrial planet in the Quantis System, and it is the third planet from Quantis, and it is one of two planets in the system where life formed. It has a ring system and 2 major moons, along with several small shepherd moons in its ring gaps.
== Physical Characteristics ==
Varbudos is thought to have formed 7.55 billion years ago, when a large amount of protoplanetary material clumped together and formed Varbudos. Six natural satellites orbit the planet, these being Jaxin, Gertam, Varbudos III, Varbudos IV, Varbudos V, and Varbudos VI. A Varbudian day lasts approximately 33h, 22m and 26s. The gravitational interactions between Varbudos and its moons causes large tides, the ones on Varbudos can be as low as 0.3m and as high as 6.6m. The reason behind the massive difference between high and low tide is because it has 2 large moons, so if the moons are aligned, they will create very high tides, but if they cancel each other out they can create very low tides in some areas. 
==Atmosphere ==
The Varbudian atmosphere is approximately 1.027 atmospheres (104060.775 pascals, 15.092739 psi, or 1.0406077 bars) and is made of 74.3% Nitrogen, 25.5% Oxygen, 0.2% Argon, and traces of other elements, the largest traces are of the elements Carbon Dioxide, Ozone and Hydrogen. 5.77 Billion years ago, some microbes evolved the ability to photosynthesize, which released lots of oxygen into the air. Over many millions of years, an Ozone layer formed that protects the life on land by deflecting or absorbing UV radiation, which is pretty rare as Quantis is a K-type star, so the Ozone layer is basically useless in most cases, but Quantis does release the occasional bit of living-thing-damaging radiation so at least it's there. The atmosphere also protects the surface life from most asteroids that might end up destroying areas of land and entire species.
== Climate ==
Varbudos' climate is suited for a variety of lifeforms, its average temperature is 286K, or 12.4C, within water's liquid range, which allows water to pool on the surface and create oceans. This is a vital ingredient for life to exist.
The last Varbudian ice age ended about 23000 years ago
== Orbit and Rotation ==
Like I said, it takes 33h, 22m, and 26s to rotate once on its axis, which is tilted at an angle of 17.740 degrees. It takes 182.2212933 days to complete an orbit, with a Semi-Major Axis of 0.592264 AU and an orbital eccentricity of 0.0226.
== Formation ==
Varbudos formed from a disc of dust and gas surrounding the young Quantis. The planet accumulated its current mass over a period of around 150 million years, and captured lots of debris from the disk it formed in, which created another disk that didn't become a part of Varbudos itself. This disk came together and created Jaxin, Gertam, and Essit, as well as a theoretical 4th moon that was broken apart by Varbudos after it entered within its Roche Limit, and subsequently created Varbudos' magnificent ring system. The young versions of these moons sucked up the rest of the debris and got to their current sizes, except for the 4th one because that is now a bunch of tiny rock particles orbiting Varbudos, not a full size moon.
== Satellites ==
=== Jaxin ===
Jaxin is a "Pluto" sized natural satellite. It is the closest major moon to Varbudos and was the first to be reached by a manned Varbudian spacecraft. It is now used mainly for mining and habitation, and it is also orbited by several space stations and orbital spaceports.
=== Gertam ===
Gertam is a "Pluto" sized natural satellite. It is the second major moon from its host planet, and it was the first moon that Varbudians ever mined on, and it is now a big player in the Varbudians' mining industry. A large space station is also in orbit around Gertam.
=== Tanzar ===
Tanzar is a theoretical moon that existed in an unstable orbit around the young Varbudos and was subsequently sent into an orbit that took it within Varbudos' Roche Limit. This resulted in the moon being slowly torn apart by Varbudos' gravity, and it later became Varbudos' ring system. Many scientists have said that this theory is unlikely to be true, because four major moons around a considerably heavy rocky planet seems unlikely to ever happen, especially given Bahnagsik's presence, which is also a heavy rocky planet. There simply shouldn't be that much material in a protoplanetary disk. Because of this, a new theory was proposed, which says that Tanzar was a moon of another planet that was ejected and sent on a collision course with one of Varbudos' moons, probably Jaxin. It then collided with Jaxin and the resulting debris was sent into an orbit that was within Varbudos' Roche Limit. The debris slowly became finer and finer and smaller and smaller until it became a proper ring system.
=== Varbudos III ===
Varbudos III is a small shepherd moon in a ring gap of Varbudos' ring system. It is used only for habitation and storage.
=== Varbudos IV ===
Varbudos IV is a small shepherd moon in a ring gap of Varbudos' ring system. It was used by the Varbudians to test asteroid mining technology, and it is now used for habitation and storage purposes.
=== Varbudos V ===
Varbudos V is a small shepherd moon in a ring gap of Varbudos' ring system. It is used only for habitation and storage. It is in a Janus-Epimetheus style orbital configuration with another shepherd moon named Varbudos VI.
=== Varbudos VI ===
Varbudos VI is a small shepherd moon in a ring gap of Varbudos' ring system. It is used only for habitation and storage. It is in a Janus-Epimetheus style orbital configuration with another shepherd moon named Varbudos V.
=== Oronsha ===
Oronsha is a 36.1 km radius asteroid that recently got captured by Varbudos. The latest simulations show it will get captured by Gertam and "orbit" a few times, then it will be ejected and collide with Jaxin. Oronsha means "Unfortunate wanderer" in Varbudian, named as such because it was unfortunate enough to wander into Varbudos' influence, and then collide with Jaxin and be destroyed.
== Life ==
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== Population ==
== Trivia ==
== Biomes ==
* Ice caps
* Ice Shelf
* Warm Tundra
* Tundra
* Highlands
* Mountains
* Grasslands
* Swamp
* Forest
* Rainforest
* Jungle
* Mesa Plateau
* Shores
* Lake
* Pond
* River
* Stream
* Shallow Water
* Deep Water
* Sea
* Ocean
* Lakebed
* Riverbed
* Islands
* Built-up city or urban area
* Spaceport (They are so big that they are classified as a biome in their own right)
* Rural areas
* Plus many others
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