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Revision as of 06:11, 1 December 2016
Astronomy is all the space objects in the cosmere, including shardworlds and minor shardworlds, suns, stars and moons.
The cosmere is a fictional universe, but it can also be considered the dwarf (miniature) galaxy that contains everything mentioned here.[1]
The Selish System
The Selish System orbits a yellow star named Mashe. It has two gas giants, named Ky and Ralen, and a dwarf planet.
Donne
Donne is the closest planet to the sun. While it is in a habitable region, it is barren and suffers from terrible dust storms.[2]
Sel
- Main article: Sel
The second planet from the sun, Sel was an Earth-like Shardworld inhabited by humans and artificially created beings called Seons and Skaze. The planet was the location of Elantris. Sel was dominated by the Fjordell Empire, with Arelon and Teod being the only remaining free nations. All these nations (except Teod which is located on a continent to the north) were situated on the continent of Opelon (named Sycla by the Fjordell Empire).
Moons
Sel has a single moon named Oem.
The Scadrian System
The Scadrian System has a yellow sun. It has five planets: Scadrial within the system's habitable zone; two gas giants, named Aagal Nod and Aagal Uch; and finally two dwarf planets.[2]
Scadrial
- Main article: Scadrial
The planet was created by the Shards Ruin and Preservation. The orbit of the planet has been changed by people using Investiture. Its size and gravitation are 1.0 cosmere standard[2].
The Taldain System
The Taldain System is a binary system. The two stars in it are a weak white dwarf star surrounded by a particulate ring and a blue-white supergiant.[2]
Taldain
- Main article: Taldain
Taldain is a tidally locked planet.
The Threnodite System
The Threnodite System has a single gas giant named Purity. The habitable zone has three planets named Monody, Elegy, and Threnody. Elegy has a single moon named Coronach.[2]
Threnody
- Main article: Threnody
Threnody is the minor Shardworld that contains the Forests of Hell. It is the setting for the story Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell. It has many features that are similar to Earth, including forests, mountains and oceans. Silver seems to be a fairly common resource on the planet, but because of its importance to survival, it is still finite and valuable.
The Drominad System
The Drominad System has four planets in the habitable zone, three of which have developed human societies. There are three gas giants. There is also an asteroid belt between the habitable zone and the gas giants.[2]
First of the Sun
- Main article: First of the Sun
First of the Sun is a minor shardworld consisting mainly of an large ocean and island systems[citation needed]
Moons
First of the Sun has a single moon named First of the First.
The Rosharan System
- Main article: Greater Roshar
Greater Roshar is a solar system containing thirteen planets. Some have life, sentient and not, others are barren. There are three planets in the habitable region and ten gas giants. The gas giants are named after Vorin numerals.[2]
Ashyn
- Main article: Ashyn
Ashyn is a minor shardworld[3] that has sentient life. It is the first planet from the system's sun.
The book The Silence Divine is set here.[3] The magic system involves people who gain magical powers from diseases.[4]
Ashyn is mostly barren, with a few fertile patches.[3] It currently has no shard.[5][6]
Roshar
- Main article: Roshar
Roshar is the second planet from the Rosharan system's sun. It has a gravity of 0.7, a year 500 days long, with each year being 1.1 earth years. The planet consists of one large super continent.
Moons
Roshar has three moons. The first moon is Salas. It is violet, and is the smallest moon. The middle moon is Nomon, which is a bright, pale blue. And the final moon is Mishim, which is small and green.
Braize
- Main article: Braize
Braize is the third planet from the sun. Odium settled on Braize, although he is still effecting Roshar. Braize is unlikely to get its own books, but scenes from The Stormlight Archive will be set on Braize.[citation needed]
Braize is known to the Vorin people as Damnation.
Other Planets
Yolen
- Main article: Yolen
Yolen is home to three sentient races[7] and was the origin of all humans in the cosmere.[8] The original sixteen shardholders were from Yolen.[9]
Vax
- Main article: Vax
Nothing is known of Vax, its peoples, or any Shards that may or may not be located there. All that is certain is that it has a manifestation of Investiture.
Nalthis
- Main article: Nalthis
On Nalthis, T'Telir is the capital city of Hallandren and its bordering mountain state of Idris. The jungles are situated in a large valley surrounded by mountains and a sea.
Moons
A single moon orbits the planet.
Stars and Constellations
Starbelt
The Starbelt is an unusually bright patch of stars in the sky of Threnody.[10] It is useful for navigation in the Forests of Hell during the night; the light usually filtered through the trees fairly well.
The Starbelt is the same patch of unusually bright stars that is visible from Scadrial.[11] It is visible from other worlds in the Cosmere as well.[12]
Taln's Scar
Taln's Scar is a great swath of red stars that stand out against the white ones.[13]
The Tear
The Tear is a particularly bright star in the Rosharan sky. It's name comes from the single tear shed by Reya in Rosharan Mythology.[14]
Notes
- ↑ Does the Physical Realm of the Cosmere have more or less the same structure as our own?
— Theoryland - 2012-09# - ↑ a b c d e f g Arcanum Unbounded#
- ↑ a b c Q&A at Spokane Barnes & Noble
— 17th Shard forums - 2013-08-09# Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name "17s-post-62280" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name "17s-post-62280" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Yes—one is The Silence Divine, a world like ours where you gain magic by diseases
— Theoryland - 2009-11-07# - ↑ This is a world that does not currently have a shard.
— Theoryland - Mar 22nd, 2014# - ↑ Did Ashyn ever have a shard?
— Theoryland - Mar 12th, 2015# - ↑ Were the original sixteen shardholders all human?
— Theoryland - 2014-3-21# - ↑ Where did humanity originate?
— Theoryland - 2012-09# - ↑ Were all the original sixteen Shardholders from Yolen?
— Theoryland - 2014-03-21# - ↑ Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell#
- ↑ There is a very bright star patch
— Theoryland - 17 October 2008# - ↑ Visible from other worlds as well.
— Reddit - 12 March 2015# - ↑ The Way of Kings chapter 2#
- ↑ Words of Radiance chapter 31#