Systems are a star(s) with orbiting planets . These are the various star systems available from the Galaxy Map and organized by cluster. Each system contains at least one location you can travel to, usually a planet , but in some cases another ship or small moon .
Main article: Mass Effect System Guide
For an alphabetical list of systems see Category:Systems .
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Armstrong Nebula Edit
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Artemis Tau Edit
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Attican Beta Edit
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Hades Gamma Edit
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Hawking Eta Edit
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Horse Head Nebula Edit
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Kepler Verge Edit
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Local Cluster Edit
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Maroon Sea Edit
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Pangaea Expanse Edit
Sentry Omega Edit
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Styx Theta Edit
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Voyager Cluster Edit
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Mass Effect 2 Edit
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Crescent Nebula Edit
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Eagle Nebula Edit
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Hades Nexus Edit
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Hawking Eta Edit
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Hourglass Nebula Edit
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Ismar Frontier Edit
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Krogan DMZ Edit
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Local Cluster Edit
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Minos Wasteland Edit
Nubian Expanse Edit
Omega Nebula Edit
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Pylos Nebula Edit
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Rosetta Nebula Edit
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Shadow Sea Edit
Sigurd's Cradle Edit
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The Phoenix Massing Edit
The Shrike Abyssal Edit
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Titan Nebula Edit
Vallhallan Threshold Edit
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Viper Nebula Edit
Mass Effect 3 Edit
Aethon Cluster Edit
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Annos Basin Edit
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Apien Crest Edit
Arcturus Stream Edit
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Argos Rho Edit
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Athena Nebula Edit
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Attican Beta Edit
Caleston Rift Edit
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Crescent Nebula Edit
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Exodus Cluster Edit
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Hades Gamma Edit
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Hades Nexus Edit
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Horse Head Nebula Edit
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Hourglass Nebula Edit
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Ismar Frontier Edit
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Kepler Verge Edit
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Kite's Nest Edit
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Krogan DMZ Edit
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Local Cluster Edit
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Minos Wasteland Edit
Nimbus Cluster Edit
Ninmah Cluster Edit
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Nubian Expanse Edit
Perseus Veil Edit
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Petra Nebula Edit
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Pylos Nebula Edit
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Serpent Nebula Edit
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Shadow Sea Edit
Sigurd's Cradle Edit
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Silean Nebula Edit
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The Shrike Abyssal Edit
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Vallhallan Threshold Edit
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Properties Edit
If a system has a planet for which the semi-major axis (i.e. , in game terms, orbital radius) and orbital period are given, the star's standard gravitational parameter (Newton's gravitational constant multiplied by solar mass) may be derived from Kepler's Third Law . That is,
Mass Effect gives planetary orbital radius, a , in terms of AU, and orbital period, T , in terms of Earth years. From these, we can compute the mass of the star:
(This according to Astronomy Today , 3rd Edition, pub. Prentice Hall Inc., 1998; pp 48-9.)
In order to obtain the highest possible precision for the stellar mass, the attributes of the system planet with the highest precision orbital radius and period should be used in the computation.