Kepler 10c Disappointment

[JesusRocks1988]

So, I can't see any other threads about this, only in the archived gamma discussion forum from 2014. In that thread, Michael Brookes confirmed that the giant planet Kepler 10c was in the game, and that the system name was Kepler-10 in game. However, after going to visit the system:

10c cannot be said to accurately be in the game.

A few things about Kepler 10c
- Rocky World
- 17x the mass of Earth
- 2x the radius of Earth
- No atmosphere
- Semi-Major Axis: 0.2407 AU
- Orbital Period: 45.3 days
- 3rd planet from Kepler 10

In ED there are 3 planets orbiting Kepler-10. The first, a small metal rich body; the second, a large high metal content world; the third, a gas giant with a single small icy moon.

The closest match to the real giant planet in game is Kepler-10 2, which has the exact mass, radius, orbital period and semi-major axis as 10c. However, it is a high metal content world with an atmosphere and the second planet in the system.

To be honest I am rather disappointed with this, as, by the technical specs of 10c, it should be an Horizons planet with extremely high gravity, and I personally was relishing the challenge of landing my ship on such a gargantuan world.

Any word from Mr Brookes on why this is so vastly different from the real planet when it was clearly brought up and discussed in the gamma stages of the game?

 

[Allitnil]

Despite the 'c', 10c is actually the second planet in the real Kepler-10 system. That's the usual convention for exoplanets where the 'a' is considered to be the star. 10b is the first planet, 10c the second & so on. ED uses a different convention.

10c has a higher density than Earth so even though it is described as a "rocky planet" it almost certainly must contain a considerable metallic core which makes it a HMC in ED terms. The real world use of "rocky" is to distinguish it from gaseous and doesn't mean that necessarily has low metallic reserves which is what rocky means in ED.

Looks like the ED system is a close match for the known data albeit with the addition of the gas giant (which would be called Kepler 10d if discovered for real).

 

[JesusRocks1988]

Despite the 'c', 10c is actually the second planet in the real Kepler-10 system. That's the usual convention for exoplanets where the 'a' is considered to be the star. 10b is the first planet, 10c the second & so on. ED uses a different convention.

10c has a higher density than Earth so even though it is described as a "rocky planet" it almost certainly must contain a considerable metallic core which makes it a HMC in ED terms. The real world use of "rocky" is to distinguish it from gaseous and doesn't mean that necessarily has low metallic reserves which is what rocky means in ED.

Looks like the ED system is a close match for the known data albeit with the addition of the gas giant (which would be called Kepler 10d if discovered for real).

I'll admit when I'm wrong, as I appear to be on the naming conventions confusion, however there's still the matter of it being atmosphere-less IRL, apparently having been burned off millions of years ago, yet having an atmosphere in game. Plus it's one of those dark volcanic HMC worlds with lava all over.