Alpha Carinae II
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| Alpha Carinae II | |
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| Class: | M |
| Type: | Planet |
| Native Species: | Alpha Carinae II natives |
| Location: | Canopus system Alpha Quadrant |
Alpha Carinae II was an inhabited M class planet. This was the homeworld of an intelligent species. It was the second planet in the Canopus planetary system. This system was located in the Alpha Quadrant. This was one of three planets in this system that supported life; the others were Alpha Carinae III and Alpha Carinae V. (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold"; TAS: "The Eye of the Beholder"; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, production art)
The planet was a conventional M class world with an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere. On the planet's surface, there were two major landmasses and a number of islands. There were twenty-nine other planets that were biologically similar to Alpha Carinae II.
The geologist Carstairs once visited this planet while serving in the Merchant Marines on a geology survey for a mining company.
In 2268, the USS Enterprise surveyed this planet as a test of of the M-5 computer's capabilities. (TOS: "The Ultimate Computer")
