Star: HD 74868 A+B (close-orbiting binary) Distance from Sol: 119 ly Luminosity: (combined) 2.71 x Sol (A component is 2.3x as bright as the B component; these stars are separated by 15 million kilometres on average) Constellation: Vela Planet: Yathrib Type: Lifeless Gaian world, Campian subtype Semimajor Axis: 1.629 AU Year: 1.8 standard years Diameter: 13100 km Gravity: 1.05 gees Distance from Medina: 16.4 ly (epoch 2000) Colonised: 1650 AT
One of the four original colonies of the Stellar Umma, together with Medina (capital of the Umma Core), Zamzam (now capital of the Umma Shell) and Jeddah.