Gliese 46

Gliese 46 (HIP 4569)

UAS  - Splo

This red dwarf star has been known to Ult astronomers as Splo and has been surveyed by Ult first several thousand years before Sarans (Pan Sarans ) or humans. While the star system was surveyed for Earth arund 2111 OTT,  it was decided to use the Ult designation as official system name in the Union Astronomical Society catalog.

The system features a number of large asteroids and many hundred small objects. It is assumed these objects were dark objects that were captured by  Splo's gravitation.

No evidence for any planet destroying violence was noted. Also the mass of the objects would not be enough for more than one or two planets.

The system was technically already in Ult space, but the Ult not utilizing it welcomed and encouraged UE to take posessesion if desired.

Floating rocks and asteroids were always a draw to mining minded humans and the system developed into a Roid mining community.

Today
Mining is still done, but the main industry is traffic and trade. Splo is a major trade center between Ult and Sol as well as the rest of the Union. Several companies specialize in the distribution of Ult specialities. Main object is a planetoid converted to a space station. 120,000 beings live and work in the system.

There is a new Hub under construction ( scheduled to be operational in 5050)

There is a Class A space port in  Orbit and hundreds of smaller communities. All standard Union necessities are here, Post Office, Union Schools, Daily Space Bus connections and a Space Tram connection to Sol Hub and Ulta Center

Gliese 46 is a red dwarf star in the constellation Sculptor. At 40 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 11.77. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 79.1 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 11,100 and 25,300 light years from the center of the Galaxy.

Common designations: HIP 4569, Gliese 46

Spectrography

Spectral Type: M3V 2006AJ....132..161G.

Radial Velocity: 14.40 ±1.10 km/s [A rating] 2006AstL...32..759G.

Iron Abundance [Fe/H]: n/a