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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>The Verdurian Drilldown: Enomai</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#C0FFC0" TEXT="#002200"> <!-- VV nav bar --> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr bgcolor="#007000"><td colspan=7 height="5"> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td colspan=7 height="5"> <tr bgcolor="#007000"> <td width="20"> <td width="203" height="50" valign="middle"><a href="virtuver.htm"><img src="illo/vvbase.gif" alt="Virtual Verduria" width="201" height="16"></a> <td width="77" align="center" valign="middle"><img src="illo/vvcrown.gif" width="36" height="21"> <td valign="middle" align="left"> <a href="drill10.htm"><img src="illo/vvleft.gif" alt="Previous map" width="25" height="19"></a> <a href="drill0.htm"><img src="illo/vvdrill.gif" alt="Click each map to view the next one" width="269" height="16"></a> <a href="drill1.htm"><img src="illo/vvright.gif" alt="Next map" width="23" height="19"></a> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td colspan=7 height="5"> <tr bgcolor="#007000"><td colspan=7 height="5"> <tr><td height="25"> </table> <a href="drill1.htm"><img src="enomai.gif"></a> <p><b>Almea</b> is the third planet of the Class G star <b>Ënomai</b>. It is not known whether it lies in our own, or another universe; the fact that certain of the gods of Almea can be identified with '70s terrestrial rock stars does not really decide the question either way. <p>The first seven planets in the system are: <blockquote><table> <tr bgcolor="B0E0B0"><td><i>Order</i> <td><i>Name</i> <td><i>Color</i> <td><i>Type</i> <td><i>Named for</i> <tr><td>1 <td><b>Vereon</b> <td>bright white in color <td>terrestrial <td>the messenger of Enäron <tr><td>2 <td><b>Išire</b> <td>bright white in color <td>terrestrial <td>the queen of the gods <tr><td>3 <td><b>Almea</b> <td>aquamarine <td>terrestrial <td>'earth and water' <tr><td>4 <td><b>Vlerëi</b> <td>bright blue <td>terrestrial <td>goddess of love <tr><td>5 <td><b>Hírumor</b> <td>whitish green <td>gas giant <tr><td>6 <td><b>Imiri</b> <td>whitish green <td>gas giant <td>messenger of Išira <tr><td>7 <td><b>Caiem</b> <td>dull yellowish <td>gas giant </table></blockquote> Almea itself has three moons, none of them as large as our own. (Almea thus has smaller, but more complex, tides than Earth.) In descending order of size, they are <b>Iliažë</b>, <b>Iliacáš</b>, and <b>Naunai</b>. The first of these has a period of a little less than 28 Almean days, thus marking an <i>iliažyoš</i> or month; Naunai has a period of just six and a half days. The moons give less light than ours; but on the other hand they offer navigators an excellent natural clock. <p>The Almean year is 328 days long (the <a href="refs.htm#calendar">Verdurian calendar</a> has 12 months of 27 or 28 days, and a leap day, <i>Kasten</i>, is inserted every five years). The Almean day is slightly longer than ours. <p>From Almea, Ënomai is almost exactly the size and color of our own sun, although astronomically it is a little smaller. <p>The brightest stars in the Almean sky (as visible in the southern hemisphere; we are not certain of the northern stars) are: <ul> <li><b>Meme</b>, in the constellation of <i>Frälina</i>, the Maiden <li><b>Ažáritar</b>, in <i>Čana</i>, the Pot -- the nearest star to Ënomai <li><b>Šësimo</b>, in <i>Carďë</i>, the Scimitar <li><b>Iliatal</b>, in <i>Frälina</i>, the Maiden <li><b>Gelü</b>, in <i>Mesocrico</i>, the Hamster <li><b>Peleu</b>, in <i>Šapa</i>, the Hat </ul> Meme is an order of magnitude (2.5 times) brighter than Sirius (that is, about two orders of magnitude, or 6.3 times, dimmer than Venus at its brightest). In general there are more and brighter stars visible from Almea than from Earth; Ënomai seems to lie in a loose cluster. <p>The south polar constellation <i>Čunima</i>, the Shield, with its triplet of stars <b>Similu</b>, <b>Simiru</b>, and <b>Simižu</b>, is of course very important in navigation. <hr> <center><i>© 1998 by Mark Rosenfelder</i><br> </center> </BODY> </HTML>