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the second and primary planet in the Yavin system, Yavin was a marginally habitable gas planet with twenty-six moons, of which three were inhabited. The planet measured some 192,478 kilometers in diameter, and the atmosphere which surrounded it had an average depth of 65,000 kilometers. The density of its metallic hydrogen core gave Yavin a gravity which is 2.74 times the standard of Coruscant, and helped the gas giant to attract so many moons. The atmosphere of Yavin was one of the brightest in the galaxy, leading many scientists to believe that it was a world that could have become a star under other circumstances. The planet's intense light even visible on the dark side, and was attributed to photons becoming trapped in the gases and bouncing around, not from any sort of fusion reaction. Despite the intense pressures within the clouds, Yavin supported lifeforms which were thinner than paper but nonetheless alive. Yavin spun remarkably fast for its size, rotating once around its axis every eleven standard hours. Its year lasted some 4,858 local days. Estimates placed Yavin some 40,500 light-years from the galactic core. Note that the Planet Hoppers feature of the Wizards of the Coast website indicates that Yavin measured 198,500 kilometers in diameter, had a normal gravity that was four times Standard. Furthermore, the series indicates that Yavin was the third planet in the Yavin System, had a day which lasted twenty-four hours, and a year that encompassed 4,818 local days. In the wake of the Great Sith War, the Jedi Order sought to erase information on the Yavin System from the Jedi Archives and other galactic databases, hoping to put an end to the threat of the Dark Side that seemed to linger on Yavin 4.