Waypoint Whim

Type
Waypoint


The V-shaped Waypoint Whim has a tilted, elliptical orbit which manifests as a complicated dance with Pembroke.  Somehow, the waypoint has managed to avoid either collisions or ejection from its orbit.  When the nodal precession is favorable, the waypoint is a handy stop for travel heading to the outer reaches, and caters to a lot of airship traffic.  At other times, it has longer-term warehousing for transshipping.

Orbit:
elliptical, periapsis within Leander, apoapsis in the system north.  In a higher-order secular resonance with Pembroke, so the perturbations can affect the elements of the ellipse.
Rotation:
synchronous
Gravity:
variable, but averages earth-normal
Terrain:
other than where the waypoint station is, overgrown steep hills with laurel and podocampus
Services available:
short-term stay, transshipping, long term storage of items
Known for:
its crazy orbit
Hazards:
occasional storm (if apoapsis is far enough out to hit the shear wall inward of Kizil); would-be explorers could also take a nasty fall