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Thane (and its synecdochically-named major planet Thane (rarely but systematically called Thane II), is named after a city on Earth. This was very fashionable for human colonies with the last edition of the Imperial Gazetteer listing 28,412 worlds and stations given Terrestrial place names, almost all by colonists who had never set foot on Earth, much less the particular place so honoured, and who usually pronounced its name wrong.
Links: Cohen 136 V* -> Thane (Thane II); Thane I -> Dirac (Guo's Star IV)
Planet |
Physical Description |
Notes |
Origin of Name |
Thane I |
Remnant of a gas giant used by the Builders to create the wormhole gate. |
Conventional. |
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Thane I-1 |
Thane I -> Dirac (Guo's Star IV) wormhole gate |
Once blockaded on the Dirac side by the Empire of Dirac. |
Conventional. |
Thane, Thane II |
Large terrestrial planet. |
Population 7.8 Billion |
After a city in Western India on Earth |
Thane II-1 |
Cohen 136 V* -> Thane (Thane II) wormhole gate |
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Conventional. |
Thane III |
Small terrestrial planet, no atmosphere, near an asteroid belt. |
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Thane IV |
Cold icy terrestrial planet (a "frozen Venus", if you will) |
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Altammar's Freezer, Thane IV-2 |
Icy moon of Thane IV, formed by primordial collision similar to Luna |
Name of early owner. |
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Thane V |
Large gas giant of about six Jovian masses. |
Conventional. |
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Aardvark, Thane V-3 |
Thickly-atmosphered moon with sulphur and hydrocarbons heated by tidal forces. Primitive life. |
Obscure. |