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**[[Luna]] | **[[Luna]] | ||
*[[Mars|Mars]] | *[[Mars|Mars]] | ||
*[[Jupiter]] - A gas giant, Jupiter is the largest planet in the Sol System. | *[[Jupiter]] - A gas giant, Jupiter is the largest planet in the Sol System. | ||
**[[Jovian Moons|Io]] - The site of a UNSC listening post. On October 20, [[2552]], the listening post on Io detects 15 [[Covenant]] ships inbound under the command of the [[Prophet of Regret]].<ref>[[Halo 2]], [[Cairo Station (Level)|Cairo Station]] opening cinematic</ref> | **[[Jovian Moons|Io]] - The site of a UNSC listening post. On October 20, [[2552]], the listening post on Io detects 15 [[Covenant]] ships inbound under the command of the [[Prophet of Regret]].<ref>[[Halo 2]], [[Cairo Station (Level)|Cairo Station]] opening cinematic</ref> | ||
Revision as of 09:20, February 13, 2008
The Sol System, otherwise referred to by UNSC personnel as the Solar System, is the home star system for Humans. The system's G-class star is named Sol, hence the system's name and the planets (and their moons) that orbit Sol are:
Major Planets and Moons
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth - The Human/UNSC headquarter.
- Mars
- Jupiter - A gas giant, Jupiter is the largest planet in the Sol System.
- Io - The site of a UNSC listening post. On October 20, 2552, the listening post on Io detects 15 Covenant ships inbound under the command of the Prophet of Regret.[1]
- Europa - It contains a UNSC base. Spartans Linda and Will were once assigned to a mission on this satellite.
- Ganymede - The EVA Armor was developed here.
- Saturn - A gas giant known for its clearly visible surrounding rings, unlike the other gas giants whose rings are rather dim. Saturn is the second largest planet in the Sol System.
- Uranus - An icy gas giant about twice as far away as Saturn from Sol.
- Neptune - Furthest away from Sol, it is another icy gas giant similar to Uranus.
Dwarf Planets
- Ceres- The largest asteroid to have been discovered by humanity.
- Eris- Currently the largest Dwarf Planet known. It is at almost 10% larger than Pluto in diameter.
- Pluto - Pluto Slipstream Monitoring Station Democritus. On November 3, 2552, the Monitoring Station detects Cortana's signal in Slipspace with Dr. Halsey's message to Lord Hood.
References
- ^ Halo 2, Cairo Station opening cinematic
