A personal achievement.

Mooing

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I had just logged off after submitting pictures of an unmarked large nebula and plotted a course to another planetary nebula. Just before taking this important jump, I was going through my early discoveries and remembering my first ever tagged ELW. And after over 1500 hours, 14000 systems visited, and 3 ringed Earth-likes, I have finally found what I've been looking for.

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This was just after a long, personal expedition where I visited all of the known GGG's (then again, I had found those three ringed ELW's on that trip so maybe I'm just greedy).

As far as double systems go, it isn't very spectacular. Because they're the second and third planets in a triple barycenter with an HMC, the planets are over 7 light-seconds apart. Nevertheless, it's still a first for me, and I will treasure this find for the rest of my Elite career.

Anyways, that's all. Just wanted to share this find.
 

WR3ND

WR3ND
Kind of funny. I found a few binary ELW systems before finding a ringed ELW. I had always just assumed ringed ELW systems were less common.

Either way, congratulations on the find. o7
 

Mooing

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WR3ND said:
Kind of funny. I found a few binary ELW systems before finding a ringed ELW. I had always just assumed ringed ELW systems were less common.

Either way, congratulations on the find. o7
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I’m not totally sure on the numbers, but I think multiples are rarer than ringed.
 

Sapyx

Sapyx
I seem to recall that about 3% of ELWs are binary/multiples, while 2% are ringed. But, of course, those binaries are always found in pairs, so the probability of finding a binary system is more like 1.5%.

So, technically, you're both right, depending on your point of view. :)
 

WR3ND

WR3ND
Drat, if only I hadn't mentioned them as systems... ;)

Oh well, live and learn. Thanks for the stats. o7

It makes some of the binary ELW systems I've found seem more remarkable to me than they previously did.

I guess the hat-trick is finding ringed binary ELWs.

Cheers.
 
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marx

marx
WR3ND said:
I guess the hat-trick is finding ringed binary ELWs.
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Well, there have been only three such pairs found to date, so yep.
Also, one confirmed case of binary Earth-like moons, two more good candidates - and none of them are ringed.

Speaking of which, if you're fine with going into not-yet-found territory, the holy grail would be finding a natural ELW+ELM combo. As far as I can tell, it would be possible with the Forge, just with incredible rarity. (It doesn't help though that the temperatures of atmospheric moons are bugged.)
 

Orvidius

Orvidius
Awesome, congrats. Its funny how some things can become incredibly difficult to find, just by dumb luck. So far I've found ringed ELWs, binary ELWs, ELWs orbiting sole neutron stars, and ELMs of terrestrial planets. But never an ELM to gas giant.
 

JonathanBurnage

JonathanBurnage
Zieman said:
Sorry, can't resist: :p
Not just ELM of a Gas Giant, but a ringed one of a three ring one.
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I have a very similar one as it happens - orbiting a gas giant, orbiting an A-class star. Can’t remember if the gas giant had rings.

I found it on my way back down from Colonia following the flight to Vahsel Point, which really was the icing on the cake.
 
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JonathanBurnage

JonathanBurnage
Here's a new one for me: ringed water world orbiting a ringed Y-class dwarf (spicy gas giant?) orbiting an A-class star. Think I'll park here for the night :)
 

marx

marx
Sapyx said:
Odd. I thought I'd had one, but I rechecked my ELW spreadsheet and all five of my ELW moons are orbiting a HMC.

Hey @Orvidius, what are the actual stats on numbers of ELW moons of gas giants?
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Am not Orvidius, but it doesn't take long to check.
EDSM data: 137 ELMs orbiting a gas giant (incl. the one ELM around a water giant, two GGWL and three HRGGs), out of 3909 ELMs, so 3.5% of the ELMs. HMCPs make up the majority of parents, 50.95%. For that matter, WW parents (129) are roughly as rare as gas giant parents.
 
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