The Kestrel Array
Survey 4 · Cycle 2291 · Seven confirmed bodies
Kestrel
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Ring I · Inner Belt
Vela
A scorched iron world locked in resonance with its star. Surface temperature swings 400 K between the terminator and the sunward crust.
- Period
- 44 d
- Radius
- 0.61 R⊕
- Albedo
- 0.09
- Moons
- 0
Legend
Ring I — inner belt
Ring II — habitable band
Ring III — ice line
Ring IV — outer drift
Ring II — habitable band
Ring III — ice line
Ring IV — outer drift
02 / Catalogue
Confirmed bodies, inward to outward
Method
Transit photometry across 1,180 nights, cross-checked against radial velocity from the Marlow interferometer. Ring assignments follow the array's four resonance families.
Open questions
Ossuary's ring system may be debris from a shattered eighth body. Spectra show silicate grains at temperatures inconsistent with primordial capture.
Next window
The next simultaneous transit of Tessellate and Marrow occurs in cycle 2294. Observation slots open eleven months prior.