DX Cancri

DX Cancri

also known as Red Cancri - UAS: Faint Red - DX Cancri is a dim red dwarf star

Union Star system - Former United Earth system -

System Summary
This star is located only about 11.8 light-years (ly) from  Sol, just north of the center (08:29:48+26:46.7, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Cancer, the Crab -- northwest of the famous open star cluster M 44 (also known as the Beehive Cluster and Praesepe, Latin for "Manger") and Ascellus Australis (Delta Cancri). The star system contains 4 planets  3 moons and 6 planetoids.

The Star
This cool and extremely dim, main sequence red dwarf (M6.5 Ve) has only 8.7 percent of Sol's mass (RECONS), 11 percent of its diameter  and about 0.0000132 of its visual luminosity. DX Cancri is classified a UV-Ceti-type flare star, and a "spectacular flare" was spectroscopically detected in 2006

The star unterwent a detailed Wurgus study in 4954 OTT.

History
The system contains no garden world. Two Sider the closest planet is less than 0.04 AU  from its star and has a year of only 10 standard years. The world is tiidally locked idally locked with the star so that one side has perpetual daylight while the other is  in eternal darkness. The light of the sun is to dim for standard plants  able to photosynthesize.

During the United Earth / Freon war, a Freon outpost was discocvered on Cold Side.

The system was high on the list for the "A citizen on every Rock " program of United Earth and was surveyed inn detail for the (UE) BoCA. First UE colonists arrived in 2196 OTT on Cold Side. The largest planetoid in the system became the first "Bone Yard " planet of United Earth. The system became Union in 2220 OTT.

As of 2422 OTT all system objects are occupied and utilized.

System Objects - Planets

 * 1) Two-Sider
 * 2) Cold Side - 1 moon
 * 3) Praesepe - 2 moons
 * 4) Little Dot

System Objects

 * 1) Fort Cancri
 * 2) Fuel Stop
 * 3) Bone Yard One
 * 4) Bitstein
 * 5) Proseye
 * 6) Carbucle

The distance from DX Cancri where an Earth-type planet would be comfortable with liquid water is less than 0.04 AU and would result in a "year" that last less than 10 hours. At that distance, the rotation of the planet would probably be tidally locked with the star so that one side would have perpetual daylight while the other would be in eternal darkness. Moreover, DX Cancri's light is so red that Earth-type plants may not be able to photosynthesize very well.