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