Yaart

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Yaart is the fifth planet in the Normaa system, and homeworld to the yemun species, a semi-aquatic humanoid race closely related to Humans in the galactic family tree. It is similar and dissimilar to Earth in many ways, most notably its diversity of fauna and land-to-water ratio, and its argon/oxygen atmosphere and the prevalence of red flora on its surface respectively.

## Description

The surface of Yaart is neatly divided into two continents, one larger one in the north and a small one in the south. A number of islands peppered through the planet's vast oceans bridge them together and allowed for a strong maritime tradition to develop among the early yemun.

The planet's red flora is believed to originate from large amounts of mercury sulfide in the planet's crust, causing the red mineral to be integrated into the structure of the plants. Native fauna tends to have rich blue skin that is highly reflective in the ultraviolet spectrum as well. These colors evolved as countermeasures to the planet's high ambient radiation due to a weak magnetic field and active white star.

Its atmosphere is primarily composed of argon and oxygen in a 70/30 ratio. The atomic weight of argon being greater than that of molecular oxygen led to areas below sea level carrying a risk of asphyxiation, as the argon sinks to low altitudes and pushes oxygen upwards.

## OLD

Yaart is a planet not unlike earth. One difference is clearly seen from the surface and from orbit. Where a tree is Green and Brown on Earth, they are Red and Blue on Yaart. Most flora is red, most likely due to the large concentrations of iron and mercury on the surface of the planet. Some places grow green flora, and that is due to a lack of iron in those areas.

Its star is around double the sun's mass, and most similar to Fomalhaut in appearance. This, combined with the intelligent life on the planet most likely means that it experienced its cambrian explosion far earlier than Earth did, or the species did not originate on that planet, as stars like those only exist for around 1 billion years.

The planets intelligent race, who call themselves Yemun, have interestingly enough found fossils of their own species dating back as far as 200000 years. Again, combined with the naming of their planet and species compared to our own, (Yaart/Earth and Yemun/Human) Their appearance, and matching parts of our two species DNA, bought back interventionary evolutionism as a valid belief.

## Characteristics

The planet is a iron-rich comfort terra world orbiting a hot, white star named Normaa. Its vast red forests and jungles can be seen clearly from anywhere on or around the planet. It is nearly seismically dead but the core is still active for now, keeping its magnetic field, which is slightly weaker than that of Earth, active.

### Orbit and Rotation

The orbit would be measured as nearly 3000 days here on Earth, but locally it is nearly 1600 days, due to the longer rotation period.

The planet's axial tilt is nearly 40 degrees, leading to an extreme difference in the length and severity of the seasons.

Life on this planet does not have a true sleep cycle. They instead sleep one third of the time, taking several naps throughout the day, causing nearly all prey species and some predatory species to become incredibly light sleepers. In the event that they are pursued by predators for long enough to keep them from sleeping, the prey may sleep for a full 15 to 16 hours which does occasionally end in the death of the prey. The predators are usually on alert for sleeping prey.