History and specifics
Beta Prometheus is the location of a planetary system, the orbit of which includes a number of worlds, including first planet Beta Prometheus I and second planet Beta Prometheus II. The third planet, Beta Prometheus III has a habitable moon, Beta Prometheus III-A, the homeworld of the Beta Prometheans. In the year 2294, the nearest Federation outpost to this system was Starbase 499. (TOS novel: The Fearful Summons)
- The stellar notation using the Greek language letter "beta" indicates that there might be a star group or constellation of some sort named "Prometheus", of which Beta Prometheus would logically be indicated to be the second most prominent star or system. It is not known if there is any such grouping with the similarly named Prometheus system.
- Beta Prometheus primary