Sorcon

Sorcon is the closet planet to NY-Beta and is the only planet in the Beta system to be a lava world. This Burning inferno has temperatures up to 5,000c, it also has a fairly thin atmosphere, although it glows brightly due to the ignition of small amounts of hydrogen. Sorcon is also the densest planet in the system, peaking of a average of 7 grams per cubic centimeter.

## **Origin**

Sorcon likely originated farther away form Beta, since observations form neighboring stars show that planets never form within 0.30 AU away form their host star, Sorcon however is 0.19 AU form NY-Beta. Due to this, hypothesis like the Uri Track Model or the Himezo Model show All of the gas giants migrating outwards and the rocky planets migrating inwards due to the ejection of the 3rd gas giant. This is the cause of Sorcon's lava surface and thin atmosphere since the majority has been burned off due to the extremely intense heat. It also has been very slowly disintegrating due to tidal forces form NY-Beta, making it a estimated 14% less massive than it was when it first formed.

## **Historic Impacts**

Astronomers working in the Xena Astronomy Assoaction Cooperation have speculated that it used to be heavily impacted which caused it's atmosphere's total mass to decrease by 52%. One of the notable examples is the charred crater in right in the southern pole named Crono , which has been increasingly less pronounced over the last few thousand years, to the point where it's hardly recognizable due to the shear heat and lava continuously flowing over it. There has been also been theories of a small moon with a diameter of 2306 kilometers, although this has been disputed due to lack of evidence, although a team of astronomers said that the Crono Crater is the remains of the impact of it's own moon, which had fell on the surface of the planet due to competing forces of Sorcon and NY-Beta.

## **Orbit and Classification**

Sorcon has the highest eccentricity orbit of any planets in the NY-Beta system, this is due to the gravitional tension between NY-Beta and Resonists, which causes uneven stresses in the orbit. It is also one of the most highly inclined orbits in the system, just short of Montri's Orbit. There were questions on how Sorcon and Resonists formed in such proximity to it's host star. The most accepted theory is that after the ejection of the 3rd Gas giant, the inner rocky planets migrated inwards, and the gas giants migrated outwards as a result.

### Resonance with Resonists

Due to their proximity with NY-Beta, their resonance will slowly be modified over time. In the gif to the left, the Resonance starts as 2:1 but ends at 3:2. This low modification gradually causes instability, which is likely the reason why they are gradually getting closer to each other. However, the newest models display that a collision between the two is highly unlikely, and what's more likely is the Sorcon will be consumed by Beta and Resonists will migrate to the habitable zone.

### Resonance with Ganimas

The resonance between these 2 rocky worlds was difficult to calculate due to their distance between each other, although evidence suggests that it's 4:1 or 5:1. Their far distance and instability however continues to modify their resonances. Form 4:1 in present day to 7:2 within 80 million years.

### Classification

Sorcon was officially declared as a A1 spherical stable non binary lava planet orbiting a host star by both the XAAC and the GGA. However, Sorcon is actually a ellipsoid or a 3d Oval, due to the proximity to NY-Beta distorting it's shape. This led to the XAAC to consider a reclassification for Sorcon due to it's elliptical shape. In 2006, GGA almost considered Sorcon as a spherical stable binary lava planet due to a possibility of it having a co-orbitable moon around it. Although lack of evidence eventually continued the assumption that sorcon is a non binary object.