Goroth system
The Goroth system was a binary star system located within the Trans-Nebular sector of the Mid Rim.
Description
The Goroth system was one of a dozen systems within the Trans-Nebular Zone of the Trans-Nebular sector. As the Vestor Pulsar made this whole area a hyperspace "dead zone", travelling was rather difficult. The system could usually be reached with two- or three-leg jumps. From the Perlemian Trade Route, Goroth could be reach with a three-leg route within twelve days or with a faster, more dangerous two-leg jump within ten days. The closest system was the Baylin Cluster, 14 hours away, while the sector capital, Milarian, was 22 hours away.[3]
The system had two suns: Goroth Alpha, a standard, main-sequence red-orange star, most commonly referred to as "the sun" or "K'Len" by the Gorothites.[3] The second star was Goroth Beta, a brown dwarf at the most outward orbital position. The system had four planets, one of them, Goroth Prime having spawned sentient life.[4]
Orbital bodies
Oris
The closest of the planets to Goroth Alpha, Oris was nickel-iron-rock asteroid, captured by the sun. Relatively small, it was completely lifeless and had an orbit of 2.6 light minutes.[3]
Goroth Prime
The only inhabited planet with sentient life in the system orbiting at 7.1 light minutes,[4] it was once a pleasant terrestrial world with three moons. The native Gorothites evolved relatively late and became members of the Old Republic around 7,500 BBY. Goroth was devastated during the Corellian/Aqualish war around 4000 BBY when the Gorothites tried to play both sides against each other. Believed to be a volcanic wasteland for the next few millennia, the world was rediscovered during the reign of the Galactic Empire.
Deneva
A gas giant with a perihelion orbit of 40.7 light minutes, Deneva had a low density and a small, solid core. The planet was inhabited by non-intelligent gasbag-like creatures which grazed the atmosphere's organic compounds. Deneva had a strong magnetic field that, in conjunction with it's closest moon, formed a dangerous ionic storm.[4]
Denbalen
The other of the system's gas giants, Denbalen, was similar to Deneva in appearance, but had a higher density and no magnetic fields. It orbited the sun at 67.2 light minutes. Although smaller than its sister world, Denbalen had a larger core, almost the size of Goroth Prime. One of its moons, P'Check contained the ruins of an extinct species.[4]
Goroth Beta
Goroth Beta was the most outward orbital body and a gas giant that never ignited into a star. Orbiting at 340.3 light minutes, it had some nuclear activity but was considered lifeless.[5]
Appearances
Sources
- Goroth: Slave of the Empire (First appearance)
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Goroth: Slave of the Empire
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Goroth: Slave of the Empire, p. 17
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Goroth: Slave of the Empire, p. 18
- ↑ Goroth: Slave of the Empire, p. 19