Distant Worlds II Event [DW2] Distant Worlds 2: Discovery Submissions

[Kyzal]

WP3 POI Submission of Romeo & Juliet

POI Name: Romeo & Juliet
POI Type: Two similar High Metal Content Worlds in close orbit with each other.
GalMap Ref: Flyiedgiae WF-Y b33-7 (Plants A2 & A3)
Description: Two similarly sized high metal content worlds in a system with four stars and multiple high metal content worlds. The two twin planets are forever chasing each other in a close orbit. Each planet is able to be landed upon and has multiple geological sites, mostly geysers.

 

[DR.GRANE]

 

[Gnauty]

Reposting, this time in appropriate format with image links...

POI Name: Gneuterra
POI Type: Ringed Earth-Like World
Location: NYEAJEAU EL-X D1-23
Description: A rare and lovely ringed ELW with metallic and metal-rich rings.
Screen Shots:

 

[Morfix]

Just found a new ringed ELW: FLYIEDGIAE YG-C11-2 2

 

[Erimus Kamzel]

The WP3 mapping event is now over. This week the GMP team will select the 5 POIs that will be added to EDSM and will link them here. They will also be included in next weeks DW2 Newsletter.

Thanks to everyone who took part.

The next mapping event on DW2 will begin at Waypoint 10.

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Name: Ringed Helium Sky
Game map search ref: Nyeajaae WQ-C d13-19 B 6
Description: Ringed earth like world, orbiting a ringed helium rich gas giant, in close enough proximity so the view is spectacular. Rare find too.
Screenshot reference: https://i.imgur.com/QJbHy7o.jpg (that's resized to 640 width)

Hello, do you have a screenshot of the map of this system?

EDSM data shows the ELW as not orbiting the gas giant. Thank you.

 

[Maolagin]

Hello, do you have a screenshot of the map of this system?

EDSM data shows the ELW as not orbiting the gas giant. Thank you.

Looks like the mass ratio is *juuust* low enough that the Forge considers them a binary pair instead of primary-and-satellite. Would totally look like the ELW is orbiting the giant if you're just looking at the orbit lines in SC. But if you check the orbital period/SMA for bodies B5 and B6, it's clear they are values for a binary orbit, not their orbit around the star. (It's a pity the journal doesn't kick out a dummy record for the barycenters of these things, which is what would make it possible for EDSM to correctly determine the orbital hierarchy here. You also can't make an external orrery program with this data, since you don't know the exact orbital period of this binary around the star.)

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Looks like the mass ratio is *juuust* low enough that the Forge considers them a binary pair instead of primary-and-satellite. Would totally look like the ELW is orbiting the giant if you're just looking at the orbit lines in SC. But if you check the orbital period/SMA for bodies B5 and B6, it's clear they are values for a binary orbit, not their orbit around the star. (It's a pity the journal doesn't kick out a dummy record for the barycenters of these things, which is what would make it possible for EDSM to correctly determine the orbital hierarchy here. You also can't make an external orrery program with this data, since you don't know the exact orbital period of this binary around the star.)

Yeah, this checks out, it does appear to be a binary pair. Thanks for the info.

 

[mossfoot]

This is more of an oddity that might be game mechanic based, but jumping into system FLYIEDGE MA-Z C16-16 you do not arrive directly in front of the sun, but rather well off to the side. I discovered this a month ago, but just confirmed it now while passing by (well, going a bit out of my way actually, but still...) Anyone encounter weird arrivals like that? Is there a reason for them?

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Is it repeatable after you log in and out again? Coming from multiple different directions (systems)?

 

[mossfoot]

Is it repeatable after you log in and out again? Coming from multiple different directions (systems)?

It was in my case, yes. Approached in two different directions at two different times, and after an update too. Thought someone in the region could independently verify.

 

[Heavy Johnson]

It was in my case, yes. Approached in two different directions at two different times, and after an update too. Thought someone in the region could independently verify.

EDSM does not appear to have any data on the system. It would be helpful if you are able to upload logs. See https://www.edsm.net/en/faq first question.

 

[Orillian]

Superclose planets, these things are booking too, one has silicate vapor geysers and they are both landable,

 

[fico74]

Hi
I think it would be useful to provide a list of what "BIG AMAZING FINDS" means, this would help beginners like me to better focus on what to look for or what to report.
It could be a list of rare phenomena, like Glowing Green Giants, or Guardian Sites. Apart from these I have no idea what others I could consider big amazing finds. So, a list would help

 

[drkaii]

Hi
I think it would be useful to provide a list of what "BIG AMAZING FINDS" means, this would help beginners like me to better focus on what to look for or what to report.
It could be a list of rare phenomena, like Glowing Green Giants, or Guardian Sites. Apart from these I have no idea what others I could consider big amazing finds. So, a list would help

Well, something that's never been found before! A new codex entry to something unexpected, a totally awesome find like a quadruple ELW site, or...I don't know and that's the beauty. But anyway, feel free to share whatever you want and leave the decision to us

 

[BDelacroix]

Not to be a downer but the odds of you finding a big amazing find are really really low. That being said, that means you'll know when you find one.

 

[Jav Marlo]

POI Name: Tristan and Isolde

POI Type: Two icy moons sharing a very tight orbit

GalMap Ref:
Pyraleau YL-Z c2-5 4 a
Pyraleau YL-Z c2-5 4 b

Description: A system previosly discovered by Commander Thonya, but never explored. When I arrived, the Discovery Scanner revealed twelve stellar bodies, and the Full Spectrum System Scanner showed nothing interesting, but I decided to identify the bodies because there were not so many of them. I had localized ten of the bodies with no problems when I heard the signal source of an icy body. They had to be the last ones. But, to my surprise, the scanner was able to see them, but it could not magnify to identify them. They seemed to be moving very fast on the screen. I tried several times with no success, so I decided to pay a closer look and try a visual identification. I wanted to see what the problem was. They had to be the moons of the fourth planet, a small class I gas giant, so I headed there.

And there they were. Two astonishing beautiful icy moons, one yellow and the other blue, sharing an orbit so tight, that the scanner was unable to identify them. An approximated measure showed that they were less than 3MM one from the other.

I thought they deserved to be named. Their official names did not make justice to them. So, I started to think about couples of lovers of the ancient legends of Earth and the story of Tristan and Isolde came to my mind. A tragedy about the adulterous love between one knight, Tristan, and a princess Isolde in the twelfth century. They were from two different enemy kingdoms, thus their love was impossible. I guess their story came to my mind because Isolde was described always as the blonde, and the yellowish of Pyraleau YL-Z c2-5 4 b reminded me of that. Pyraleau YL-Z c2-5 4 a, on the contrary, is blue with beautiful red canyons, that reminded me of the reddish hair of many of the habitants of the original English kingdoms back in old Earth.

The yellow one, Isolde, is the tiniest, with just 721 Km radio and a gravity of 0.04 G. It has geological activity and many water geysers.

The blue one, Tristan, is bigger, with 1.015 km radio and a gravity of 0.06 G. It has great geological activity with major water geysers.

 

[Heavy Johnson]

Hi
I think it would be useful to provide a list of what "BIG AMAZING FINDS" means, this would help beginners like me to better focus on what to look for or what to report.
It could be a list of rare phenomena, like Glowing Green Giants, or Guardian Sites. Apart from these I have no idea what others I could consider big amazing finds. So, a list would help

Something that is unique or unusual, particularly if visually appealing. Here are some helpful tips:

* A planetary nebula BY ITSELF is not particularly interesting
* "Close moons" are also not highly unique, but if it has some exceptional view, that can count
* Ringed ELWs are common enough to not be worth including w/o some other feature

Things worth noting:
* Any system with 3 or more ELWs, particularly if they are binary or trinary
* ELWs orbiting a gas giant
* 6 or more water worlds or ammonia worlds in one system
* M-class or larger (K-class, G-class...) stars with rings
* Codex sites that are in really unusual places, like inside a ring or near a black hole
* Rapidly moving planets, particularly if they cause regular eclipses
* Glowing Green giants! and other really odd colors
* Any moons or planets that collide
* Sites of unusual or surprising beauty

 

[fico74]

Heavy Johnson, thank you very much for your reply. I take note of your tips. I did not understand that "unexpectediness" was related to aesthetics, and not to the fact of looking for something in particular.

BDelacroix, I agree that I have little chance, but I think it would be even worse if I discovered something and did not even realize the value. The main problem for newbies is that we do not know what is meant to be "expected", so we cannot say what is suspected to be unexpected. E.G. I could say water geysers are something unexpected, since I never saw one. The same for magma or those forms of life that seem like melons.

 

[Andrew Gaspurr]

Every find is valuable, because - well, you have been there! If we could, we would just swamp the map with all the cool stuff but it's just not doable. On the other side, it should encourage - not discourage - all intrepid explorers to be on the lookout for 'more'. Most of the time, after having spent hours with nada, it is just the blue star over there or that L dwarf that holds a jewel.

Activate your A rated Patience Injector and be out there.

May the winds be at your back - always!
Andrew