For some time now, Quantum World (Flyiedgiae QN-T d3-17 AB 1 b) has been heralded as one of, if not the, smallest planet in the Galaxy, however the recent addition of detailed records from edastro (see here) raised a new contender. Ogaicy EL-Y e8497 A 4 a, also reported to have a radius of 137km. EDSM only had records of one person passing through, a CMDR SAILOR, the original discoverer of this A-class supergiant system, so I decided to take a quick trip there to check it out. At only ~1400 Ly from Colonia, it's practically on the doorstep for one of my CMDRs, and a dozen or so jumps later I arrived in system, and it did not disappoint!
Firstly, A supergiants are always fun. I like the big, shiny stars, I'll admit, but when the B class companion star looks tiny in comparison, you know you've got a big star. Then there's the planets. At a 65 body system, it's up there as one of the more populous systems out there, with predominantly Class III-V gas giants with numerous moons. Then there's the reason I came out here, body A 4 a, a metal-rich moon of a Class IV gas giant orbiting around the A supergiant. Sure enough, Elite Observatory pops up to inform me it's a small planet, and then more interestingly, the FSS informs me that there's Biological Features present. It is in fact 1 of 4 planets in this system with Biological Features, 3 orbiting around the main star, the last 400kLs away orbiting the B star, on a 3G landable. A quick supercruise or two later, and Rubeum Bioluminescent Anemones are spotted on all 3 nearby planets, and a slightly longer supercruise later confirmed the same around the B star.
And the final check, go back through my logfiles for when I visited Quantum World, to confirm to the nearest meter. Quantum World checks in at 137438.3m, whereas Ogaicy EL-Y e8497 A 4 a (Quantum-er World?) comes in just below at 137388.5m, a whopping 49.8m smaller!
Definitely worth s visit for anyone in the area, and o7 CMDR SAILOR for discovering this place.
Firstly, A supergiants are always fun. I like the big, shiny stars, I'll admit, but when the B class companion star looks tiny in comparison, you know you've got a big star. Then there's the planets. At a 65 body system, it's up there as one of the more populous systems out there, with predominantly Class III-V gas giants with numerous moons. Then there's the reason I came out here, body A 4 a, a metal-rich moon of a Class IV gas giant orbiting around the A supergiant. Sure enough, Elite Observatory pops up to inform me it's a small planet, and then more interestingly, the FSS informs me that there's Biological Features present. It is in fact 1 of 4 planets in this system with Biological Features, 3 orbiting around the main star, the last 400kLs away orbiting the B star, on a 3G landable. A quick supercruise or two later, and Rubeum Bioluminescent Anemones are spotted on all 3 nearby planets, and a slightly longer supercruise later confirmed the same around the B star.
And the final check, go back through my logfiles for when I visited Quantum World, to confirm to the nearest meter. Quantum World checks in at 137438.3m, whereas Ogaicy EL-Y e8497 A 4 a (Quantum-er World?) comes in just below at 137388.5m, a whopping 49.8m smaller!
Definitely worth s visit for anyone in the area, and o7 CMDR SAILOR for discovering this place.
My elite observatory has custom criteria to alert me of record breakers... It was quiet all the time, so I changed the criteria one day to see, whether it works at all, and yes, it works, so I reverted the critera back again and Im still waiting for the smallest/biggest/hottest/coldest planet to pop up...
