Difference between revisions of "Canticle"
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The planet is orbited by a system of rings with several divisions. These rings play an important role in reflecting sunlight at the night side of the planet, keeping it from complete darkness and helping plants to grow from reflected light and Investiture.{{book ref|tsm|2}}{{book ref|tsm|3}}{{book ref|tsm|5}} These rings have an unknown orbital inclination, as they are not centered at the equatorial region of Canticle and have a notable angle relative to the equatorial plane.{{book ref|tsm|28}}
Canticle has a retrograde spin, thus the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.{{book ref|tsm|7}} Its radial velocity is notably slow, at around 28.1 meters per second (6.29 miles per hour), and it has a rotational period of 10 standard hours.{{book ref|tsm|19}}{{book ref|tsm|32}}
The geography of the planet constantly changes due to the stone melting from the intense heat produced in the atmosphere, and the radiation of its Invested core.{{cite}} This intense heat is produced by the atmosphere being unnaturally resistant to the flow of Investiture, causing it to produce large amounts of heat via [[wikipedia:Joule heating|joule heating]].{{book ref|tsm|45}}
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