Sharblu

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Sharblu Milky Way / Argos Rho / Gorgon
Planet View
Orbital Distance:	N/A
Orbital Period:	1,711.0 Earth Years
Keplerian Ratio:	N/A
Radius:	43,342 km
Day Length:	1,711.0 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure:	N/A
Surface Temp:	N/A
Surface Gravity:	N/A
Mass:	N/A
Satellites:	N/A

Location: Milky Way / Argos Rho / Gorgon System / Fourth planet

Prerequisite: UNC: Listening Post Alpha
Prerequisite: UNC: Listening Post Theta

[edit] Description

A standard hydrogen-helium gas giant, the methane in Sharblu's atmosphere gives it an azure hue.

The asari crew who initially surveyed the system (during Earth's 17th century) named Sharblu after a then-popular soprano. The singer was renowned for her unusual skin tone, which was quite similar to that of the planet.

[edit] Trivia

The name of the planet may be a reference in the film The Fifth Element which includes a blue asari-like alien soprano character called Dive Plavalaguna. The diva's name, Plavalaguna, means "blue lagoon" in several Slavic languages.

Sharblu is too small to be a "standard hydrogen-helium gas giant" (William Hubbard, The New Solar System 4th ed, 1999; p. 194). In addition its 17.8 sol-mass star cannot have formed before 7.48 million years ago. It is too hot to attract ices.

It is more likely a superterrestrial protoplanet. The clear gasses in its atmosphere will suffice to induce a Rayleigh scattering effect and an appearance of deep blue (with clouds).