Inner Moons List

Thanks Gromsch for the data. FYI, you have a transcribing error in the mass for Dryooe Prou ZS-S b4-17 4 - there's an extra 0 in there which would be throwing your graphs off, probably that one that looked most out of place.


Anyway - for the Icy rings, I calculated a density (sort of). I worked out the area of the outer radius, subtracted the area of the inner radius and then calculated the mass divided by this area. For this "density", we're assuming all rings have the same width (and that width is "1"), but as we have no data on that, and no way to work it out it seems an OK assumption. This is the result:

Bodyvisible?typedensity
Hypoe Prau TF-O b51-21 40Icy0.0005443947298
Dryaa Pruae BG-X d1-5664 120Icy0.001406524217
Eorm Phyloi DU-A d431 B 50Icy0.003064110788
Dryooe Prou ZS-S b4-17 40Icy0.01929485133
Eol Prou XJ-Q d5-1268 A 40Icy0.02122193928
Eol Prou VD-J d9-113 A 80Icy0.02734660214
Phroea Hype CM-C d24 80Icy0.02807429529
Eol Prou QB-O c6-127 A 61Icy0.03232870923
Splierd UD-B d1 81Icy0.05639035931
LTT 16019 31Icy0.06522473864
Prooe Drye FH-J d10-68 61Icy0.09329658786
NGC 7822 Sector BQ-Y d12 A 31Icy0.1497549216


Looking like a good chance that magic density is between 0.0280743 and 0.0323287. Obviously a limited data-set, but could it be that easy? Be interesting to see (or rather not see) if there are any non-icy invisible rings out there. The density threshold will be different - one of the visible rocky rings has a density of under 0.004.

This all might be completely wrong, but it might be a good starting point to collect more data.
 
[...]FYI, you have a transcribing error in the mass for Dryooe Prou ZS-S b4-17 4 - there's an extra 0 in there which would be throwing your graphs off, probably that one that looked most out of place. [...]

Thank you. I updated the image here and it does look better.
 
Well, I checked all those 53 systems on EDSM using a bit of common sense to assist and I'm afraid I have bad news: all those moons are binaries.

However the configuration of rings around 2 parent bodies looks as if the pairs of closest moons still have some possibility of being inside the outer rings. So they are still worth checking.

But, of course, 590 out of 594 is a bit too much false-positives :)

Gromsch made a suggestion to limit the spreadsheet to shepherd moons specifically, meaning that their orbits fall between rings, and not between the planet and the first ring

This new list has only 51 moons in 24 systems in Myriesly sector. And oh yes, this list looks wa-a-a-ay more promising, for all the rings around parent bodies are large and have large gaps, so all those systems are definitely worth checking "manually".

And this all gives me a kind of alternative idea.

If EDSM's "lunar" data is that unreliable, we might look not for moons, but for parent bodies with certain parameters.

I mean bodies with both moons and rings that are either 1) large (with like 450Mkm+ inner radius), or 2) have large gaps. I'm not sure how you process the data and if creating of such list is possible, but even the list of bodies with large rings would still be shorter (I want to believe, at least ;)) and of some help in finding those shepherd moons. Besides those bodies would anyways be worth looking at and taking selfie in front of them ;)

Btw, sorry for slight off topic, I've noticed that orrery view sometimes shows groups of asteroid clusters as large rings. Can those clusters in ED be only around "stars" (I mean bodies on top of system hierarchy) or around "planets" also?
 
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Btw, sorry for slight off topic, I've noticed that orrery view sometimes shows groups of asteroid clusters as large rings. Can those clusters in ED be only around "stars" (I mean bodies on top of system hierarchy) or around "planets" also?

I'll have to do some digging to verify in the data, but my code at least assumes that planets will only ever have rings, while stars could have belts or rings.

Incidentally, the last time I needed to reprocess the huge bodies JSON in full, it was because my code was skipping rings around stars (it assumed belts for stars, and rings for planets, and nothing else).

My understanding is that belts can only appear around "main" stars (left column in system map), whereas they'll have rings instead if they're shown horizontally, like planets. But this isn't something I've taken the time to thoroughly verify either.
 
I believe, I'll need some more time, than I've thought, to visit all the systems (hell, how I miss my DBX :)), but the newest list looks to be working :)

UPD. And not all invisible icy rings are physically nonexistent. I mean, unlike in Phroea Hype CM-C d24, I've just hit one, while trying to fly through :)
 
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Sphaukee OB-X d1-3 B 4 ABCD

I checked Sphaukee OB-X d1-3 B 4 a b c & d from the new list. SHEPHERD MOONS! ;)
I cannot tell, if the outer ring is visible or not. It's a very dark place out here. Even the inner ring is barely visible in combat mode.
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btw. since the beginning of this moon hunt, I think, I've been MassEffect'ed. I always want to write 'Shepard Moon'. :rolleyes:
 
So, here is the list of "Shepard" moons from Myriesly sector (extracted from cmdr. Orvidius new shepherd moons list) with some additional info for those, that I've already checked:

System nameParent bodyThe outer ring propertiesIs the outer ring visibleImagesReported by CMDRNotes
Myriesly BA-F c25-5957#3 -- Class I gas giantIcy
627503 to 996029 Km
3001711104 Mt
Yeshttps://i.imgur.com/3zumk1I.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Ktiu4qI.jpg
Myriesly EC-B c27-4778#5 -- Class I gas giantIcy
2643175931 Mt
1969202 to 3125913 Km
Yeshttps://i.imgur.com/k3MgOnU.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2V42eh0.jpg
Azrael Nixx
Myriesly FC-B c27-2972#6 -- Class I gas giantIcy
1688001445888 Mt
1495416 to 2370364 Km
Yeshttps://i.imgur.com/bdzmvWC.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Dd1l7i2.jpg
odinoco
Myriesly FM-L c21-6944#3 -- Gas giant with ammonia-based lifeIcy
1289315549184 Mt
525632 to 1324500 Km
Yeshttps://i.imgur.com/hTcMKSH.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/sP6FK9e.jpg
Rehc
Myriesly GQ-G d10-8313#5 -- Class I gas giantIcy
2311422214144 Mt
283498 to 7291157 Km
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/0kZgoHG.jpgBagman
Myriesly IB-D c26-4138#4 -- Icy bodyIcy
9780600000 Mt
580540 to 2322100 Km
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/pq6g9W8.jpg
Myriesly ID-I c23-1068#2 -- Class II gas giantIcy
19258992640 Mt
434084 to 1736335 Km
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/ASC4d4b.jpgRobb Macruz
Myriesly IZ-I c9-2760#B 10 -- Class I gas giantIcy
39869419520 Mt
1828066 to 2891913 Km
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/43OjpNs.jpgCymoril Irsei
Myriesly LC-D d12-5390#3 -- Gas giant with water-based lifeRocky
6943700000 Mt
498840 to 1257000 Km
Yeshttps://i.imgur.com/oYFcpRk.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/FwoHzvu.jpg
Deathinator
Myriesly LC-D d12-7691#BC 2 -- Class I gas giantIcy
52292050944 Mt
1932929 to 3068333 Km
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/ynVXiO6.jpgDeathinator
Myriesly MY-Z c13-1205#5 -- Gas giant with ammonia-based lifeIcy
8179911168 Mt
1507239 to 2384362 Km
Yeshttps://i.imgur.com/hIbPMsl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9axUk6B.jpg
varonica
Myriesly MX-A c27-7103#5 -- Class I gas giantIcy
8995760128 Mt
675948 to 4292005 Km
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/hZnEAUk.jpgRehc
Myriesly NF-B c15-22#3 -- Class III gas giantIcy
1030444 to 4082603 km
36994449408 Mt
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/yrUktjK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Is3j1ZD.jpg
Viking_In_Oz
Myriesly NH-K c22-709#A 1 -- Class I gas giantIcy
47449018368 Mt
1109024 to 2794566 Km
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/Y0DzkKK.jpg
Myriesly QR-K c9-4422#B 10 -- Class I gas giantIcy
1028584 to 2591870 km
46364966912 Mt
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/5IIcxaQ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/mtYYq7P.jpg
Edvin Kin
Myriesly RD-Z c27-7159#6 -- Class I gas giantIcy
175460000000 Mt
1421800 to 5687100 Km
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/12lXWJm.jpgGrievstar
Myriesly UJ-X c28-4075#4 -- Class I gas giantIcy
190036918272 Mt
1586928 to 2998808 Km
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/jBZZNNw.jpgRehc
Myriesly XJ-I d9-8271#8 -- Water giantIcy
7698696372244 Mt
1249496 to 12594133 Km
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/biM6cqY.jpgDeathinator
Myriesly XT-G c24-199#B 3 -- Class I gas giantIcy
522662150144 Mt
1551923 to 2463524 Km
Yeshttps://i.imgur.com/eMYtuEs.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2DWt21v.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/uSDLEB5.jpg
Myriesly YE-G c24-6222#5 -- Class I gas giantIcy
156945563648 Mt
563726 to 2254905 Km
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/D9Ge7Y0.jpgWonator
Myriesly ZJ-P c19-7678#3 -- Gas giant with ammonia-based lifeIcy
2911651758080 Mt
4050193 to 6429280 Km
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/7QUCV9y.jpgthorbernuss
Myriesly ZJ-R c4-861#8 -- Class I gas giantIcy
3717700000 Mt
801630 to 2002000 Km
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/3hvasy8.jpgKaelo Yurick
Myriesly ZK-N d7-1528#5 -- Class II gas giantMetal Rich
750860 to 3003500 km
1354300000 Mt
Nohttps://i.imgur.com/bgFhPs1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/m2sRbc0.jpg
Krizalis
Myriesly ZK-N d7-8615#1 -- Class III gas giantMetal Rich
1300278 to 2064063 km
341424209920 Mt
Yeshttps://i.imgur.com/4OVaqP2.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Vgc16nV.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/FxisFQv.jpg
Kosh_EG
 
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I've finished checking shepherd moons of Myriesly sector, and I have some statistics: of 24 ringed planets with shepherd moons only 8 have visible (only barely sometimes) outer ring.

Hope the detailed ring parameters might help in pre-determining which ring is visible and which is not.

And in the meanwhile here are some photos of the most nice looking planets I've visited:

Myriesly BA-F c25-5957 #3:
Ktiu4qI.jpg
Myriesly EC-B c27-4778 #5 (the ring is visible, look harder! ;)):
2V42eh0.jpg
Myriesly FC-B c27-2972 #6 (this tiny blacky round is not an artifact, it's a ring ;)):
Dd1l7i2.jpg
Myriesly FM-L c21-6944 #3
sP6FK9e.jpg
Myriesly LC-D d12-5390 #3 (the most beautiful of them all):
FwoHzvu.jpg


aY6nKu7.jpg
Myriesly MY-Z c13-1205 #5
9axUk6B.jpg
Myriesly XT-G c24-199 #B 3:
2DWt21v.jpg


uSDLEB5.jpg
Myriesly ZK-N d7-8615 #1
Vgc16nV.jpg
 
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So, here is the list ...

Oh CMDR Shnyrik, I really did not want to post my "Invisibles", but ...

[...]Hope the detailed ring parameters might help in pre-determining which ring is visible and which is not. [...]
psst! : Your 4th entry (Myriesly FM-L c21-6944) is missing a zero at the end* for the outer ring radius. :x


I have update the image here and the list of variables here.


Here are my new Invisibles:

Sphauloea FI-J d9-11
parent body: Sphauloea FI-J d9-11 11 / class I gas giant
shepherd moon: Sphauloea FI-J d9-11 11 A,B,C,D,E,F
image: https://i.imgur.com/DVD0e6T.png https://i.imgur.com/4TBjwLE.png
note: from CMDR Orvidius' new list

Dryaea Chraei NR-W d1-87
parent body: Dryaea Chraei NR-W d1-87 7 / brown dwarf class Y
shepherd moon: Dryaea Chraei NR-W d1-87 71 A,B
image: https://i.imgur.com/eGKQm2q.png
note: rings are not shown in the orrery map, because it's a stars(?)

Phraa Prao HA-C c2-37
parent body: Phraa Prao HA-C c2-37 7 / class I gas giant
shepherd moon: Phraa Prao HA-C c2-37 7 A,B,C
image: https://i.imgur.com/s9nTa4l.png

Phipue MA-X b15-21
parent body: Phipue MA-X b15-21 7 / class I gas giant
shepherd moon: Phipue MA-X b15-21 7 A,B,C,D
image: https://i.imgur.com/efpwbIp.png

Dryooe Blou XQ-K d9-44
parent body: Dryooe Blou XQ-K d9-44 B 7 / gas giant with ammonia-based life
shepherd moon: Dryooe Blou XQ-K d9-44 B 7 A,B,C,D
image: https://i.imgur.com/s12flCz.png

Dryooe Blou XQ-K d9-48
parent body: Dryooe Blou XQ-K d9-48 A 5 / class II gas giant
shepherd moon: Dryooe Blou XQ-K d9-48 A 5 A,B,C,D
image: https://i.imgur.com/JUiPCPc.png



* Yes, it could also be the second to last digit :p
 
The original full table of shepherd moons:

System nameParent bodyIs the outer ring visibleImagesReported by CMDRNotes
2MASS J18190744-1640266#6 -- T Type brown dwarfYeshttps://i.imgur.com/4NR8BjJ.png
https://i.imgur.com/WP9nxE8.png
BartizanAccording to EDSM moon #6a is inside the outer ring.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...-a-gas-giant?p=6620590&viewfull=1#post6620590
Boelts LE-G В11-979#9 -- Class IV gas giant?https://i.imgur.com/3xRp8KM.jpgBurkehttps://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...etween-rings?p=6430178&viewfull=1#post6430178
Byoi Eurk LM-W e1-10#6 -- Y Type brown dwarfYeshttps://i.imgur.com/UFwutmB.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Akmu6IU.jpg
DartBatiatusIt was a Y star with 3 planets between the rings and gas giant on screen outside. Star was #6 main body from entry. There were also some pumpkins in this system but not around this particular star.
Dryaea Chraei NR-W d1-87#7 -- Y-class brown dwarfNohttps://i.imgur.com/eGKQm2q.pngGromschRings are not shown in the orrery map, because it's a stars(?)*

* I'd rather say, it might be because of the size of the ring. Because, it seems, that at some scales orrery view seems to have a tendency of not showing rings.
Dryaa Pruae BG-X d1-5664#12 -- Class I gas giantNohttps://i.imgur.com/zTlo6I4.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wjmwDw8.jpg
BoxiertumpleThe ring is invisible, however it can be seen on the orrery map.
Dryooe Blou XQ-K d9-44#B 7 -- Gas giant with ammonia-based lifeNohttps://i.imgur.com/s12flCz.pngGromsch
Dryooe Blou XQ-K d9-48#A 5 -- Class II gas giantNohttps://i.imgur.com/JUiPCPc.pngGromsch
Dryooe Prou ZS-S b4-17#4 -- Class I gas giantNohttps://i.imgur.com/SiJbcZ9.pngGromsch~1085ly from Colonia.
Visually unspectacular. The 3rd ring is not visible (for me) from space, but can be found in the system map and orrery.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...r-Moons-List?p=7440621&viewfull=1#post7440621
Eol Prou GC-L d8-16#AB 1 -- Class IV gas giantYeshttps://i.imgur.com/d74gDDj.png
https://i.imgur.com/pRQylRV.png
https://i.imgur.com/QpXrOfo.jpg
Lightspeedhttps://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...-a-gas-giant?p=6620566&viewfull=1#post6620566
Eol Prou QB-O c6-127#6 -- Class I gas giantYeshttps://i.imgur.com/1Ctakar.pngGromschShepherd moons are #6a, #6b, #6c & #6d all in the same quite large gap of the two rings.
The the shepherd moons around Eol Prou QB-O c6-127 #6 have already been (inofficially) named by me (who else?).
Eol Prou QB-O c6-127 6 A -> "Marble Halls"
Eol Prou QB-O c6-127 6 B -> "Book of Days"
Eol Prou QB-O c6-127 6 C -> "How Can I Keep From Singing"
Eol Prou QB-O c6-127 6 D -> "Caribbean Blue"
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...r-Moons-List?p=7441334&viewfull=1#post7441334
Eol Prou QS-T D3-233#ABC 1 -- Y Type brown dwarfYeshttps://i.imgur.com/VQiWhMT.png
https://i.imgur.com/PKZrJju.png
varonicahttps://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...-a-gas-giant?p=6621142&viewfull=1#post6621142
Eol Prou VD-J d9-113#A 8 -- Ammonia world?https://i.imgur.com/gMdquGR.jpgKlepto
Eol Prou XJ-Q d5-1268#4 -- Сlass I gas giantNohttps://i.imgur.com/ymfuGcZ.pngGromschSecond ring is not visible in space, but can be found in the system map and orrery
LTT 16019#3 -- Gas giant with ammonia-based lifeYeshttps://i.imgur.com/gTG9bJO.pngD.D.HarimanI've checked it on EDSM and EDDB and despite the outer ring of gas giant #3 is not very large (from 0,6 to 1 Mkm) the first binary moons #3a and #3b seem to be inside it.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/477310-Found-some-big-almost-invisible-planet-rings-5M-km-outer-rocky-ice-world?p=7431914&viewfull=1#post7431914
Lysoosms TS-U d2-328#1 --Class III gas giant?https://i.imgur.com/DZ9gGqn.jpgmarx
NGC 7822 Sector BQ-Y d12#A 3 -- Gas giant with ammonia-based lifeYeshttps://i.imgur.com/sKD57tO.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HMwJVR9.jpg
StulliMoon #A3a and #A3b are inside the rings of a Gas Giant with ammonia-based life. It's an inhabited system with an asteroid base* in the inner ring of #A3.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...r-Moons-List?p=7437773&viewfull=1#post7437773

*I's a Gorgon research facility, actually!
Ooscs Freau ZY-S d3-1486#B 2 -- Gas giant with ammonia-based lifeYeshttps://i.imgur.com/NmtIwK6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vdvuV1F.jpg
Steyla
Pha Euhn WS-U d2-0#2 -- Class III gas giantYeshttps://i.imgur.com/dULjVui.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/4OB0gP0.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vmj8uQH.jpg
StulliMoon #2a is inside the rings of a Class III Gas Giant.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...r-Moons-List?p=7437795&viewfull=1#post7437795
Phipue MA-X b15-21#7 -- Class I gas giantNohttps://i.imgur.com/efpwbIp.pngGromsch
Phraa Prao HA-C c2-37#7 -- Class I gas giantNohttps://i.imgur.com/s9nTa4l.pngGromsch
Phrio Byoe BV-V d3-1536#6 -- Y Type brown dwarf?KleptoAccording to EDSM moons #6a and #6b are inside the outer ring.
Phroea Hype CM-C d24#8 -- Class I gas giantNohttps://i.imgur.com/mYEsa4G.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/lgXb21V.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/awMb8lC.jpg
Edelgard von RheinThe ring is invisible, however it can be seen on the orrery map and I've found a link, where someone from the FDevs says, that such large rings can be too sparce and dark to be seen
Ploi Aim BP-A D198#6 -- Class III gas giantYeshttps://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...429393879052/08-02-2019_23-08-19-togvzmoi.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...445588217866/08-02-2019_23-12-16-uuexrbof.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...480702668832/08-02-2019_23-23-20-jbngd14l.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...378456576001/08-02-2019_23-16-45-leqkw2ip.png
Sunyavadinhttps://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...photography!?p=7410468&viewfull=1#post7410468
Prooe Drye FH-J D10-68#6 -- Helium-rich gas giantYeshttps://i.imgur.com/G1eeKz4.jpgRedfoxhttps://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...etween-rings?p=6430126&viewfull=1#post6430126
Pru Eurk WA-U c4-2#7 -- Class I gas giantYeshttps://i.imgur.com/sSAMrEx.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/N2tiqtb.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/7mweYvH.jpg
Faramirhttps://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...etween-rings?p=6430126&viewfull=1#post6430126
Pyraleau OZ-N B52-3#5 -- Gas giantYeshttps://i.imgur.com/H7lQ6GD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/kMuYq8D.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/FzLhaMs.jpg
C64Fanhttps://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...etween-rings?p=6429731&viewfull=1#post6429731
Schee Phio AW-C D82#11 -- Y Type brown dwarfYeshttps://i.imgur.com/ZbrQkOC.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CfHhG9x.jpg
Edelgard von Rhein
Sphaukee OB-X d1-3#B4 -- Class I gas giantNo?https://i.imgur.com/DLDGCFe.pngGromschI cannot tell, if the outer ring is visible or not. It's a very dark place out here. Even the inner ring is barely visible in combat mode.
Sphauloea FI-J d9-11#11 -- Class I gas giantNohttps://i.imgur.com/DVD0e6T.png
https://i.imgur.com/4TBjwLE.png
Duch Kay
Splierd UD-B D1#8 -- Class I gas giantYeshttps://i.imgur.com/nWlwnlV.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/X2wppor.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/F3zhZV7.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/TwXKMst.jpg
Shnyrik
Traikaae SN-X c28-61#AB 3 -- Icy bodyYeshttps://i.imgur.com/dvczmac.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0YbgpvZ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/u6kZykf.jpg
Putok
Wepae AA-A h22#ABC 1 -- M-class starYeshttps://i.imgur.com/vApOCkw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ssBD0A8.jpg
Alkibiades
 
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psst! : Your 4th entry (Myriesly FM-L c21-6944) is missing a zero at the end for the outer ring radius. :x

Corrected. And corrected the OP, using the new data. I guess it's time :)

rings are not shown in the orrery map, because it's a stars(?)

I'd rather say, it seems, that at some scales orrery view has a tendency of not showing rings.
 
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In the meantime I've recalled my long-range DBX and made a small detour to take photos of Traikaae SN-X c28-61 # AB 1. It looks pretty spectacular by the way (rings inside :)):

dvczmac.jpg


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And photos from one more system: Phrio Byoe BV-V d3-1536 (tnx cmdr. Klepto).

It has Y-type brown dwarf with extensive rocky outer ring. The third of it's moons is a gas giant with it's own ring system, but, unfortunately it's orbit lays in the plane of the dwarf's rings, so it looks not very spectacular.

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I've finished search in Bleia Flyuae sector. It was rather easy, since the area is not very well mapped and there are only 5 known systems with shepherd moons.

One is an optional waypoint of the DW2: Bleia Flyuae ZU-N d7-54 (the Poseidon's Fury) -- ringed waterworld.
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There are four more such systems nearby. Of them two are rather nice-looking :)

Bleia Flyuae XL-I b28-3
QmDbgdt.jpg


FHAjzgS.jpg


dgxiKrE.jpg


Km4CkB8.jpg

Bleia Flyuae IR-M d7-4
CbRdeCg.jpg


MwPtNnL.jpg


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Two more are unspectacular, since they have invisible rings:

Bleia Flyuae YM-A d14-0
Eq2G7eK.jpg

Bleia Flyuae HR-U c19-3
PdUsE6G.jpg
 
And we have one more planet, reported by Dr. Nagi: Blae Flyuae OY-H d10-0 #B 1.
Planet B 1 is a Gas Giant with water based life and some large rings. It has 2 moons, the first one being a so called "inner moon" that orbits inside the rings, a quite uncommon thing in Elite, despite our own solar system having plenty examples of these. The second moon is a landable with an orbit almost perpendicular to the rings, giving a nice view upon them. At the time I landed on it, I got a view that made the rings look like a giant saw, about to cut the moon in half, hence the name.

There is a video in the report and here are some images:
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CUM2Cc6.jpg


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Is this only for moons inside ring gaps or also for moons that orbit closer to the planet than the inner rings?
This thread is for both, though, I should say, moons inside the inner ring should be way more rare. I believe I have one, or may be two such systems in the list and both ones are with star as a parent body.

Unfortunately, the list, created by cmdr. Orvidius, doesn't show such systems now, for there used to be too many false positive results because EDSM (and ED system map data) does not distinguish moons on close orbits to parent body and close binary moons.

Mentioning moons inside the inner ring as a separate subcategory is, by the way, a very good idea ;)
 
This thread is for both, though, I should say, moons inside the inner ring should be way more rare. I believe I have one, or may be two such systems in the list and both ones are with star as a parent body.

Unfortunately, the list, created by cmdr. Orvidius, doesn't count such systems, for there were too many false positive results because EDSM (and ED system map data) does not distinguish moons on close orbits to parent body and close binary moons.
Wait, they're even more rare? O.O
Because I found one last friday on stream. I posted it in DW2 discovery submissions (mainly because of the outer moon being on a perpendicular orbit). Livestream VoD is linked there.
 
Wait, they're even more rare? O.O
Like I've mentioned before, we, unfortunately, lack the necessery statistics.

The list of all scanned to EDSM shepherd moons inside ring gaps is nowadays about 35K, which gives approximately 10K systems (which is, actually, less common than ELWs).

The list of known moons inside the inner ring is now wa-a-a-a-ay shorter. However it is not full, because it's not quite clear how to differ such moons from the close binaries in EDSM data.
 
Like I've mentioned before, we, unfortunately, lack the necessery statistics.

The list of all scanned to EDSM shepherd moons inside ring gaps is nowadays about 35K, which gives approximately 10K systems (which is, actually, less common than ELWs).

The list of known moons inside the inner ring is now wa-a-a-a-ay shorter. However it is not full, because it's not quite clear how to differ such moons from the close binaries in EDSM data.
Okay, the one I'm talking about is BLAE FLYUAE OY-H D10-0 B 1 A
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