The blue star, Mimir, four times as bright as Sol, is surrounded by a miniature nebula;
one of Mimir's planets, Regin, is more massive than Jupiter although its gravity has condensed it to a smaller size;
Regin's moons include the Luna-sized, metal-rich Wayland;
beyond, "...the Milky Way foamed around heaven."
-Poul Anderson, A Circus Of Hells IN Anderson, Young Flandry (Riverdale, NY, 2010), pp. 193-365 AT Chapter Four, p. 221.
Norse mythological nomenclature:
Mimir
Regin
Wayland
- and another description of the Milky Way.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteAnd altho Wayland was only about the size of our Luna its gravity was far heavier than that of the Moon, about 46% Terran, I think. Of course the reason for that was due to Wayland being metal rich.
Sean