Continents

Coronar has five continents. Olgash is the largest by far, covering a good stretch of the northern hemisphere. It is really two large east-west landmasses joined in the middle by a narrower isthmus. The Ilanas are off the north-east coast of Olgash.

South of Olgash and second in size is Niravavo. It too spreads east-west and is mostly equatorial, with the bulk of the land just south of the equator.

The third-largest continent is Erxolud, which is somewhat like an elongated lower-case E. It spans both sides of the equator but the bulk of the land is in the northern hemisphere. The northern tip of Erxolud is linked via a truly massive island chain, the Diza-Kusi, with the western tip of Olgash.

The fourth-largest landmass is South Erxolud, whose name is a giveaway as to its location. It is a south-pointing arrowhead a little smaller than India.

Finally Zorlaklam is in the far south. It is frozen and uninhabitable.

More about Coronar astronomy

There are nine planets in Xalli’s system. They are, in order:

  • Kecivar (terrestrial, small, no atmosphere)
  • Gerlaba (terrestrial, small, no atmosphere)
  • Vesine (terrestrial, some atmosphere)
  • Coronar (terrestrial, inhabited)
  • Pelnito (terrestrial, smaller than Coronar)
  • Gemninu (large gas giant)
  • Baldiza (gas giant)
  • Dajul (ice/gas giant)
  • Andimo (ice/gas giant).

Astronomical facts about Coronar

The actual location of Coronar in time and space relative to Earth remains mysterious. Nevertheless there are a few things we can say about the planet.

Coronar’s sun or home star is called Halli. It is approximately the same size as our sun (roughly 1.02 solar masses) – very slightly larger, hotter and bluer. Its orbital period is approximately 380 Earth days.

The solar day on Coronar is about 24 hours and 46 minutes long.

Coronar has two natural satellites. The larger, Kanni, is about 0.6 times the mass of Earth’s moon, with an orbital period of roughly 17.8 days. It orbits quite close to Coronar’s ecliptic, so eclipses are more common than on Earth.

The smaller, Belli, is about half the size and twice as far away, with an orbital period of 35.6 days. Its orbit is slightly more inclined.