Hot Jupiters?

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markgritter

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A lot of the exoplanets we know about are "Hot Jupiters"--- large gas giants orbiting very close to their sun. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Jupiter (0.1 AU = about 50 light-seconds.)

Do any of the random systems in Elite look like this? Of the couple hundred I've visited so far, most seem to be very conventional (that is, based on old theory!) Rocky inner planets, gas giants in the middle or outside orbits.

I know that FD said any known exoplanets are included, but has anybody encountered a Hot Jupiter? Or is the procedural generation incapable of generating a system with a gas giant orbiting so close?
 

Kitiara

Kitiara
Yes, they do exist. I got shown a picture of a gas giant orbiting a star at less than 1 AU. If I can find the picture in my history I'll post it. Otherwise ask the person that found the system to post it.
 

Bokugo

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I have seen a planet be engulfed about 2% inside of a star before. I really wish I wrote down what system but I think it was around my starting system LHS 3447.

It was a bit immersion breaking as I could see it through the star, but it gives me hope for the future. I heard contact binaries might be a possibility.
 

Wishblend

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As requested, here is the image.

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kamenjar

kamenjar
Daggermark said:
As requested, here is the image.
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330K is very cold (relatively speaking). What's semi-major?
Don't look like a"hot jupiter" to me.

Anyways, I don't think that the game makes a distinction.

And yes, I agree. I think that per what we've been finding on exoplanet searches is that hot jupiters are pretty common, but in the game I've barely seen any gas giant under 2 AU.
 

tamdunk

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I was in a binary system with both stars really close to one another. When I dropped in to the nav beacon, it shot away from me at about 1Mm/s! I'm presuming this had something to do with the weird orbit of 2 really close stars.
 

kamenjar

kamenjar
Actually seen a few in those B-star massive systems orbiting satellite stars
Here's one orbiting the main star, but still close to 1 AU.
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Rollo

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markgritter said:
A lot of the exoplanets we know about are "Hot Jupiters"--- large gas giants orbiting very close to their sun. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Jupiter (0.1 AU = about 50 light-seconds.)

Do any of the random systems in Elite look like this? Of the couple hundred I've visited so far, most seem to be very conventional (that is, based on old theory!) Rocky inner planets, gas giants in the middle or outside orbits.

I know that FD said any known exoplanets are included, but has anybody encountered a Hot Jupiter? Or is the procedural generation incapable of generating a system with a gas giant orbiting so close?
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Have seen one or two, but I've only been on one 'long' trip so far (R CrA nebula and back. Don't fall for the glossy tourist brochures as I did!). Unfortunately I didn't think of taking a pic.
A short 'Core' study and I visited these two systems though that at least shows FD have been including the real systems:
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51 Pegasi (Semi Major Axis: 0,05!)
51_pegasi.jpg
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Rho Coronae Borealis
rho_coronae_borealis.jpg
 
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