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Line 12: The '''Rosetta''' system, named after its inhabited body in accordance with [[BattleTech]] convention,<ref>Explained out thusly in the "Rosetta" sidebox, ''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47</ref> is technically the '''Ptolemy''' binary star system. It includes at least four planets around Ptolemy A, the fourth being the superjovian gas giant ("practically a brown dwarf"<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 48 - short story ''Starfire''</ref>) Champollion aka Ptolemy IV<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> which in turn possesses thirteen moons, one of them the eponymous inhabited moon Rosetta. The '''Rosetta''' system, named after its inhabited body in accordance with [[BattleTech]] convention,<ref>Explained out thusly in the "Rosetta" sidebox, ''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47</ref> is technically the '''Ptolemy''' binary star system. It includes at least four planets around Ptolemy A, the fourth being the superjovian gas giant ("practically a brown dwarf"<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 48 - short story ''Starfire''</ref>) Champollion aka Ptolemy IV<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> which in turn possesses thirteen moons, one of them the eponymous inhabited moon Rosetta. − Ptolemy B is a shrunken white dwarf star on an elliptic 50 year orbit around Ptolemy A; every third orbit, i.e. every 150 years, it comes close, approximately 3.5 AUs, to Champollion and its moons including Rosetta. The planet is then situated roughly halfway between the two suns.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> + Ptolemy B is a shrunken white dwarf star on an elliptic 50 year orbit around Ptolemy A; every third orbit, i.e. every 150 years, it comes close to Champollion and its moons including Rosetta, approximately 3.5 AUs.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> ==System Description== ==System Description==
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The '''Rosetta''' system, named after its inhabited body in accordance with [[BattleTech]] convention,<ref>Explained out thusly in the "Rosetta" sidebox, ''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47</ref> is technically the '''Ptolemy''' binary star system. It includes at least four planets around Ptolemy A, the fourth being the superjovian gas giant ("practically a brown dwarf"<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 48 - short story ''Starfire''</ref>) Champollion aka Ptolemy IV<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> which in turn possesses thirteen moons, one of them the eponymous inhabited moon Rosetta. | The '''Rosetta''' system, named after its inhabited body in accordance with [[BattleTech]] convention,<ref>Explained out thusly in the "Rosetta" sidebox, ''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 47</ref> is technically the '''Ptolemy''' binary star system. It includes at least four planets around Ptolemy A, the fourth being the superjovian gas giant ("practically a brown dwarf"<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 48 - short story ''Starfire''</ref>) Champollion aka Ptolemy IV<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> which in turn possesses thirteen moons, one of them the eponymous inhabited moon Rosetta. | ||
| − | Ptolemy B is a shrunken white dwarf star on an elliptic 50 year orbit around Ptolemy A; every third orbit, i.e. every 150 years, it comes close | + | Ptolemy B is a shrunken white dwarf star on an elliptic 50 year orbit around Ptolemy A; every third orbit, i.e. every 150 years, it comes close to Champollion and its moons including Rosetta, approximately 3.5 AUs.<ref name=BT20YoAaFp48/> |
==System Description== | ==System Description== | ||