Icari

Silicates, Metals: 2%

Ban (Icari IIIa)

Dai (Icari IIIb)

Asa (Icari IV)

Yonaka (Icari V)

Shogo (Icari VI)

Yoru (Icari VII)

Hi (Icari VIII)

Icari is a bright blue-green ice giant in the third orbital position, probably having drifted there at some point. Its rings, many times larger than Saturn's, are an outstanding feature of this planet.

It was named for Ald god of war and rage, and the justification for doing so was that they believed the rings to be the god's weapons. At its closest approach to demet, the rings have a larger visual angle than Vegran, Demet's further moon.

## Moons

Icari has three major moons and six minor moons.

### Asteroid Moons of Icari

Most of Icari's Asteroid moons orbit within the first major band of the ring system. Sai orbits so closely that it is developing into an extension of the ring system, while the rest function as shepherd moons, allowing the inner rings to remain defined. Ban and Dai share an orbit, swapping positions whenever they meet.

The only outlier is Yonaka, the sixth and final regular satellite of the planet that isn't massive enough to achieve hydrostatic equilibrium. This moon orbits just outside of the first definable band of the thin rings between the first and second major bands.

The planet has a very small number of irregular satellites. Theoretically, they are thought to number less than a dozen, as no more than three have ever been seen.

### Shogo

Shogo is Icari's 7th regular natural satellite. It's a very small moon. With a radius of a little over 325 km and a mass totaling eight tenths of one percent that of the earth's moon, it's barely massive enough to achieve Hydrostatic Equilibrium. Its very small gravity well allows it to serve as a shepherd moon for the second major band of Icari's rings.

The moon's peculiar pink coloring comes from massive amounts of copper and iron rich salt on its surface. This indicates that the planet may have been covered by a global ocean with a salinity rivaling or surpassing that of the Earth's Dead Sea at some point in its past.

If the moon was captured by Icari on its path from the outer solar system into its current position, these oceans would have evaporated along with any atmosphere it may have had.

### Yoru

Yoru is Icari's 8th moon, and its second-largest. Its metal-rich composition is complimented by shallow craters full of ice. The moon is surrounded by a shroud of water vapor that creates a gas torus in the vicinity of its orbit.

It is believed that the moon has been sublimating slowly for millions of years.

### Hi

Hi is Icari's last regular satellite and its largest moon. While it has a mass of approximately only 170% that of the Earth's moon, it is almost 80% iron and has a radius of only 1570 km, making its density much higher and giving it a surface gravity comparable to that of Mars.

Its thick nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere and plentiful surface water made it attractive to Demetian colonists. Its average surface temperature of 44 degrees gives most of the surface a hot, dry environment. Near the seas, the air is more humid. The seas are also surrounded by jungles. Most life in those jungles would classify as Hi-plantae, but the most interesting life forms were Hi-eukaryotes with a fluid internal structure. These beings may be read about here.