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Line 111: ===Geography=== ===Geography=== − Alnasl has four continents named Lantilles, Hecateas, Insarroples, and Rowenopia.<ref name=DARWp4/> + Despite it orbiting a relatively cool K0 class giant star, Alnasl had a higher mean temperature than Terra, and has been getting warmer over the past thousand years. This is because of an imbalance in the planet's iron core, which was created due to the complex gravitational attractions of two gas giants that formed within unusually close orbital distances to the planet. While these planets and their gravitational effects did not appear to stunt Alnasl‘s development into a lifebearing—if somewhat young—planet, their impact has resulted in a world that maintains a rather eccentric orbit. Alnasl orbits its sun with an orbital path that shifts greatly when the pull of the outer gas giant outweighs that of the inner giant, an event that occurs once every 1,773 years. Coupled with an axial tilt that creates a complex seasonal cycle, this has created a world where animal life has had great difficulty evolving due to long, abruptly recurring ice ages interspread with periods of flooding, drought, and peculiar storms. Alnasl is hospitable, but only on the cool side, with receding polar caps and great expanses of thick , hardy woodlands and rocky mountains dotting its landscape. Today, the planet‘s average temperature has increased by over fifteen degrees, and deserts have overrun much of the inland woods. Alnasl has four continents named Lantilles, Hecateas, Insarroples, and Rowenopia.<ref name=DARWp4/> ===Planetary Locations=== ===Planetary Locations===
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| − | Alnasl has four continents named Lantilles, Hecateas, Insarroples, and Rowenopia.<ref name=DARWp4/> | + | Despite it orbiting a relatively cool K0 class giant star, Alnasl had a higher mean temperature than Terra, and has been getting warmer over the past thousand years. This is because of an imbalance in the planet's iron core, which was created due to the complex gravitational attractions of two gas giants that formed within unusually close orbital distances to the planet. While these planets and their gravitational effects did not appear to stunt Alnasl‘s development into a lifebearing—if somewhat young—planet, their impact has resulted in a world that maintains a rather eccentric orbit. Alnasl orbits its sun with an orbital path that shifts greatly when the pull of the outer gas giant outweighs that of the inner giant, an event that occurs once every 1,773 years. Coupled with an axial tilt that creates a complex seasonal cycle, this has created a world where animal life has had great difficulty evolving due to long, abruptly recurring ice ages interspread with periods of flooding, drought, and peculiar storms. Alnasl is hospitable, but only on the cool side, with receding polar caps and great expanses of thick , hardy woodlands and rocky mountains dotting its landscape. Today, the planet‘s average temperature has increased by over fifteen degrees, and deserts have overrun much of the inland woods. Alnasl has four continents named Lantilles, Hecateas, Insarroples, and Rowenopia.<ref name=DARWp4/> |
===Planetary Locations=== | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||