Ceiba

solar system tamoa (tah moh' ah) \[ from the mayan name for paradise ] planet ceiba (say ee' bah) \[ from the world tree of mayan mythology ] note humanity has assigned names from mayan and aztec mythology to the suns, planets, and moons in this system binary star system star #1 (binary star system) quetzel (ket' zol) \[ first half of the aztec deity quetzlcoatl ] star #2 (binary star system) coatl (koo yah' til) \[ second half of the aztec deity quetzlcoatl ] • quetzel and coatl are a pair of aging suns of 1 3m (solar masses) each they provide a yellowish daylight hue on ceiba ceiba • the second planet from the system’s binary stars, quetzel and coatl • a ceiban year is 729 ceiban days • due to the gravitational interactions with its moon, ceiba spins faster than earth; a ceiban day is approximately 22 earth hours • ceiba gravity is approximately 0 95g global conditions • ceiba is a water covered world with large oceans but no polar ice caps • one supercontinent largely sitting along the planet's equatorial belt and numerous mountainous archipelagos jutting out into the planet’s oceans • largely tropical, with dense and expansive jungle over rocky terrain • the coasts are uniformly covered in dense jungle and a few arid/desert like plateaus where the mountainous terrain raises to some relatively higher escarpments • the coastal areas are extremely rocky and treacherous, being subject to massive tidal sea level changes and very large waves due to the gravitational impact of ceiba’s large moon, pekku • the atmosphere is highly oxygenated due to the massive rainforests covering the mega continent it also maintains a relatively high carbon dioxide percentage to support high density floral growth 65% nitrogen, 32% oxygen, 2% carbon dioxide • ocean dwelling fauna have yet to be well explored, though huge leviathans are known to populate its vast expanse • severe hurricanes are common, though usually not intensely felt on the continent at ground level beneath the jungle's canopy pekku ceiba’s moon pekku (peh' koo) \[ from the mayan god of thunder ] • pekku is ceiba's solitary moon • pekku's orbit takes 30 days to complete • it is a third the size of ceiba, large enough that the two almost form a binary planetary system • pekku plays a significant role in ceiba’s planetary climate the size of the moon creates massive tidal and weather system impacts as the moon transits its orbit • a moon of pekku's size results in a typical day/night pattern for most of the moon's orbit – until the moon eclipses the suns • eclipse over the course of five ceiban days, the moon moves through partial into total eclipse at full eclipse, daytime is a pseudo twilight, with a great glowing disk dominating the sky other planets in the system metnal \[ from the mayan name for the underworld ] the planet closest to quetzel and coatl; a tidally locked molten rock the system has three large gas giants beyond the goldilocks zone (in order of increasing orbital distance) manik \[ from the mayan god of sacrifice ] blue in hue; brighter in the skies of ceiba due to greater proximity and size nacon \[ from the mayan god of war ] reddish hue naum \[ from the mayan god of the mind and consciousness ] created by luke salvalaggio (planet name, star system, and global conditions) images from 0hd \[astrograph extraction]