Kurato

Stratos II

Orbital characteristics
Epoch A2000
Aphelion	244410 km (151870 mi)
Perihelion	219360 km (136300 mi)
Semi-major axis	231887 km (144088 mi)
Eccentricity	~0.054021
Orbital period	13.4711 d (323.31 h)
Average orbital speed	1.233 km/s (0.766 mi/s)
Inclination	10.3670° (to Stratos's equator) 1.3524° (to the ecliptic)
Satellite of	Stratos
Physical characteristics
Equatorial radius	1124.0 km (698.4 mi)
Polar radius	1123.2 km (697.9 mi)
Flattening	~.0006441
Circumference	7059.787 km (4386.748 mi) (mean)
Surface area	15,865,000km2 (6,125,000 mi2)
Volume	5.94188 × 109 km3
Mass	2.2812 × 1022 kg
Mean density	3.8392 g/cm3
Surface gravity	1.2059 m/s2
Escape velocity	1.646 km/s (1.023 mi/s)
Sidereal rotation period	synchronous
Axial tilt	34.02°
Albedo	0.234 Bond
Surface temp. min mean max Celsius -181.2°C -108.8°C -49.7°C Fahrenheit -294.2°F -163.8°F -57.5°F
Angular diameter	0.55524° (From Stratoshian surface)

Stratos II is the larger of the two significant moons of Stratos, with an orbital period of just shorter than 13 and a half days around the planet.

Formation

Stratos II is thought to have originated in the outer reaches of the Tendor System just beyond the orbit of Tsanfau as a terrestrial planetoid, before its orbit was destabilized and made extremly elliptical, reaching possibly as far as within the orbit of Anteria, before being picked up by Stratos during a close flyby of the planet, while its orbit was stabilized by Stratos I.

The hypothesis came with the fact that the moon has high axial tilt, an inclination more similar to that of the ecliptic than Strato's equator, and the fact that its composition is more similar to that of the outer asteroids than that of both Stratos and Stratos I.

Physical Characteristics

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Surface Geology

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Orbit and Rotation

Stratos II is tidally locked to Stratos, similar to that of Stratos I, and completes an orbit around the planet about every 13.5 days. Due to the high inclination of its orbit around Stratos, a more than 50% of the moon's surface is visible from the planet unlike most other tidally locked moons.

Habitability

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