List of Earth-like worlds, v3

Sure. I'll resume adding new entries once the new version is ready.
Good to know for me too. I have been out since last July but have only found three. Was on the way back but side tracked by a system with 24 planets with bio signs and had to probe all plus make atmosphere a landing on each. Then I left made a few jumps and another system this time with a dozen bio signs. Will be probing all and making atmosphere a landing. (Edited, took me two days to remember that there isn't an atmosphere on those planets. My bad.)
 
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System namePlanet IDDist. from Sol (ly)First discovered byContributed bySystem star(s) typeRinged EL?MoonsScreenshot URLNotes
Juenae YX-D c1-6183AB 525894.6 LyCMDR Capitan Ace RimmerCMDR Capitan Ace RimmerClass G and Class K (binary)no0
Juenae YX-D c1-6183_2020_08_20_153734.jpg
Juenae XV-C d4237325889.0 LyCMDR Capitan Ace RimmerCMDR Capitan Ace RimmerFno0
Sagittarius A_2020_08_22_073832.jpg
Juenae CE-C c2-1264325896.7 LyCMDR Capitan Ace RimmerCMDR Capitan Ace RimmerGno0
Sagittarius A_2020_08_22_073805.jpg
Co-orbiting a terraformable water world. System has 2 other terraformables
 
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The new version is coming along nicely, but in the meantime, I'd like to ask a bit of help. Three ELMs are missing their parent from EDSM, and in two cases, that's because the system wasn't uploaded to EDSM yet. Could someone who might be near the following systems go there, scan and upload the ELMs and their parent gas giants?

Boepp MD-A d1-1665
Byua Ain AZ-S d3-2654

Zunou NX-T e3-1607

Let me know please when one is done. Thanks in advance!
 
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Boepp MD-A d1-1665 and Byua Ain AZ-S d3-2654 are within reasonable range of my Carrier position.

I'll quickly hop there...
 
Here we go then: as promised, the new version of the list which focuses more on rarity. More specifically, rarity is now calculated against the entire EDSM sample (data dump), not just the list itself. There have been some adjustments to how it's calculated too: more on this later.
But first, how submissions have changed. First, the example form has been updated, with an extra column added, for the parent type of an ELM (only if the ELW is a moon). It's not mandatory to fill in though: so long as you've scanned and uploaded the parent too, I can fill it out for you. (And it's not like ELMs are that frequent anyway.)

Which brings me to a more important point, a change about screenshots. Since the list relies much more on EDSM now (although I'd still like to keep it functional in case EDSM goes offline), from now on if you uploaded your ELWs to EDSM/EDDN, it's fine to submit them here without screenshots. However, since we need an in-game screenshot to verify the first discoverer tag, if there's no shot, the first discoverer will be marked as unverified. Players can post a screenshot later to have themselves be verified as the discoverer, of course - it doesn't have to be at the time of first submitting the entry.
And just to make sure it's clear: if there's no screenshot and the ELW is not uploaded to EDSM, then the entry won't be added to the list. Also, as outlined in the first post, do please use the methods for submission I included there! If somebody just lists their ELWs and says that I should fill out the rest, then well, I won't.

So, moving on to rarity scores...

The old rarity score (the one from only the ELW list) is no longer included, because Google Sheets couldn't have handled that many calculations. For reference though, the counts and ratios of many things are still included, as they can offer some fun comparisons on how things have changed.

The EDSM data dump used is from 2019/07/19, and I won't be automatically updating it regularly: it takes quite a long while to do all the counts and calculations, and so far, the actual ratios seem to change quite minimally. I'll run everything again in one year: perhaps by then, Odyssey will change how players explore for Earth-likes too. (Although I doubt this.)

Also, I removed a fair amount of old stuff from the list that's no longer used for much. Because of this, you can still find the previous version in the same place. (See the first post, it's the old link.)

Before I go into the details of what changed in rarity score calculations, what might interest more people first is by how much the scores have changed: not a lot.The vast majority of changes were in the -9 ; +5 score range, and only a couple hundred outside of it. Much of those were made up of entries that had some mistakes which I fixed, like ELWs marked as ELMs when they weren't, or the other way around. So the score changes there weren't due to how the score calculation was changed, but because I made some mistakes earlier. (Oops.)


With that in mind, here are the details of the changes to rarity score calculation:

1. It's the number of ELWs that are counted in the system, binaries and trinaries aren't
Going through the data dump looking for trinaries, I saw some interesting examples which would have defied simple classification. For example, should an ((ELW+ELW)+HMCP)+ELW combo be worth less than a "simple" trinary ((ELW+ELW)+ELW) would be? Or more? In the end, I decided to go with the number of Earth-likes in the system, and leave binaries and such configuratiosn out. (After all, a binary would get a score increase twice then.)
This means that ELWs in systems with two or more ELWs that weren't binaries received a significant boost, and binaries didn't fall behind much. Systems with more than one ELW are still quite rare, after all.

2. ELM rarity is now broken down in more detail by parent type
Previously, it was only "ELW is orbiting a planet / gas giant / dwarf star / star", now it's broken down to classes like HMCP, WW, Gas Giant Class II and so on. The result of this is mostly that HMCP ELMs got a slightly decrease in rarity score, while those around WWs, plus the more exotic gas giant and star types, have gotten significant increases.

3. In co-orbiting cases, only the first star the ELW is in orbit of is scored, the rest aren't
I tested this to make calculations quicker, and I was surprised how small the differences in scores turned out to be across the board. In other words, if the rarity score still calculated all of the orbit stars, it would be only slightly more different, while processing both the sheet and the data dump would take considerably longer.
Don't forget that the number of stars an ELW orbits still factors into its rarity score! But as it turns out, it's the first one that has the largest effect, which makes sense. Only a few edge cases lost out on score on this, such as some which would orbit two black holes.

4. Shepherd ELMs are now also counted
Previously, it was Trojan ELWs only, now both are included.

5. A minor point, but rarity score calculation is now done on the Data sheet, not a separate subsheet, because it's faster this way.


I think that's all then. In case I forgot to mention something new, I'll add it later. Oh, and to make sure, while I'll try to update the list monthly, I make no promises; updates might be sporadical.
Thanks for reading!
 
System namePlanet IDDist. from Sol (ly)First discovered byContributed bySystem star(s) typeRinged EL?Moon EL?If ELM, parent type?No. of moonsScreenshot URLNotes
Ooh Chruia ZJ-I D9-86 a28,233.00snesiscoolsnesiscoolF8 VABFALSETRUEWater World0
DxEuNmU.png
WW parent is NOT terraformable
Eoch Flyi LD-Z D1-5040318,039.09snesiscoolsnesiscoolF1 VIFALSEFALSEN/A0
2b6veWU.png
ELW and WW binary system (WW is terraformable)
Eorm Briae TD-K D8-7306A 330,401.49snesiscoolsnesiscoolNeutron Star, M8 VAFALSEFALSEN/A0
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ELW orbits neutron star in binary system with terraformable HMC
Flyua Hypue FR-T D4-654 a8,948.90snesiscoolsnesiscoolA6 VIFALSETRUEHigh Metal Content World0
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Xeehia XG-K C25-12112,676.87snesiscoolsnesiscoolK3 VAFALSEFALSEN/A1
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Outotz LD-I D10-041,686.93MadRaptorsnesiscoolF4 VBFALSEFALSEN/A0
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In binary system with ELW (planet 5)
Outotz LD-I D10-051,686.93MadRaptorsnesiscoolF4 VBFALSEFALSEN/A0
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In binary system with ELW (planet 4)
Currently in the middle of an exploration trip with several more ELWs discovered. I'll post those later, once I turn in the data.
 
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A small Question : due to the changes, do you still want System Map Screenshots of Moons (Moons of ELWs) with Body Details displayed?
The way I read it, that'd be redundant now due to EDSM Data being used instead but I'm not 100% sure.
 

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Anyway, here's my backlog from my Carrier Campaign :)

System namePlanet IDDist. from Sol (ly)First discovered byContributed bySystem star(s) typeRinged EL?MoonsScreenshot URL
Coests UZ-M d8-112A 917431.98FalconFlyF7 VI, K9 VANo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW259.jpg
Coests UZ-M d8-347A 617442.24FalconFlyA8 VB, M3 VANo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW260.jpg
Coests UZ-M d8-336A 817445.04FalconFlyA9 VB, M0 VA, F9 VBNo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW255.jpg
Coests UZ-M d8-423AB 317449.66FalconFlyA7 VB, K1 VAB, K7 VA, L3 VNo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW261.jpg
Coests TZ-M d8-402B 317466.94FalconFlyF9 VB, K6 VANo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW253.jpg
Coests WU-M d8-301417480.48FalconFlyF7 VINo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW256.jpg
Iockolt YD-K d8-517D 817489.89FalconFlyA0 VZ, TTS9 VA, TTS4 VA, TTS2 VANo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW254.jpg
Coests XF-L d9-174517493.59FalconFlyF1 VBNo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW251.jpg
Coests XF-L d9-177717500.63FalconFlyA9 VINo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW252.jpg
Coests XF-L d9-713B 117500.88FalconFlyA8 VB, F9 VINo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW250.jpg
Coests UZ-M d8-286B 717515.41FalconFlyA9 VI, K1 VANo1http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW274.jpg
Coests VZ-M d8-175A 717523.08FalconFlyF2 VI, M6 VA, M9 VINo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW258.jpg
Coests XL-W c18-64A 117524.60FalconFlyK1 VA, K9 VA, M8 VA, L8 V, L0 VNo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW263.jpg
Coests YF-L d9-165417529.50FalconFlyF0 VBNo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW262.jpg
Coests AQ-F d11-106517703.39FalconFlyA6 VINo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW269.jpg
Coests BQ-F d11-64617716.53FalconFlyF7 VINo1http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW264.jpg
Coests EW-D d12-57A 417719.13FalconFlyF6 VB, K9 VA, M5 VANo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW265.jpg
Coests GM-J c23-25A 617729.54FalconFlyK3 VA, M7 VANo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW268.jpg
Coests IX-H c24-25117729.83FalconFlyK2 VABNo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW257.jpg
Coests EW-D d12-158C 517746.44FalconFlyA7 VB, G3 VAB, G7 VABNo1http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW267.jpg
Coests WL-M b50-12A 717768.03FalconFlyM1 VA, M4 VANo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW266.jpg
Gru Phrooe DD-L c24-2117817.05FalconFlyK1 VABNo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW273.jpg
Gru Phrooe MT-F d12-6117840.72FalconFlyF9 VABNo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW270.jpg
Gru Phrooe TO-Q e5-3917859.43FalconFlyB9 VABNo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW271.jpg
Gru Phrooe TO-Q e5-31017859.43FalconFlyB9 VABNo0http://www.falconfly.de/temp/ELITE-ELW272.jpg
 
A small Question : due to the changes, do you still want System Map Screenshots of Moons (Moons of ELWs) with Body Details displayed?
The way I read it, that'd be redundant now due to EDSM Data being used instead but I'm not 100% sure.
Yeah, since screenshots are only needed to verify the first discoverer tag, there isn't really a need for moon screenshots anymore. If you add them, I'm not going to remove them, but I think you needn't bother.
 
Here's my first little batch of my actual sector survey:
System namePlanet IDDist. from Sol (ly)First discovered byContributed bySystem star(s) typeRinged EL?Moon EL?If ELM, parent type?No. of moonsScreenshot URLNotes
BLOOMEE HS-Z C1-69224959,68MAULTIERCOLT308MAULTIERCOLT308K9 VAFALSEFALSEN/A0 Source: https://imgur.com/N7guae2
Shares barycenter with TF WW
BLOOMEE OO-G D11-257BCD 425807,56MAULTIERCOLT308
MAULTIERCOLT308
Neutron, M3 VA, L7 V, T3 VFALSE
FALSE

N/A
0 Source: https://imgur.com/TmCzQ6x
BLOOMEE FW-V D2-550A 125149,85MAULTIERCOLT308
MAULTIERCOLT308
Neutron, M0 VAFALSE
FALSE
N/A0 Source: https://imgur.com/xkaZMEu
BLOOMEE KD-Z D1-3631B 425002,45MAULTIERCOLT308
MAULTIERCOLT308
G5 VAB, K5 VAFALSE
FALSE
N/A0 Source: https://imgur.com/C2dqCDL
BLOOMEE GO-U C5-15125095,41MAULTIERCOLT308
MAULTIERCOLT308
K2 VAFALSE
FALSE
N/A0 Source: https://imgur.com/7WgWfvh
shares system with TF WW (3) and AW (6)
BLOOMEE MJ-G D11-1011125824,87MAULTIERCOLT308MAULTIERCOLT308K0 VAFALSEFALSEN/A0 Source: https://imgur.com/LiT86rp

More to come soon!
 
Yeah, since screenshots are only needed to verify the first discoverer tag, there isn't really a need for moon screenshots anymore. If you add them, I'm not going to remove them, but I think you needn't bother.
Though screenshots are only half the truth.
Last night I came across three ELWs, one already tagged, two untagged. I enter all my ELWs in an Excel sheet for potential upload to this thread/list. In that sheet I make the system name in the first column a link to the system on EDSM. When closing all the related files/tools/browser windows after ending my session, by chance I scrolled down on the EDSM link of the last (untagged!) ELW, just to notice that a certain CMDR Pickard visited that system already in 2017. I checked and yes, according to EDSM he also scanned the ELW, but it's not tagged in-game, maybe because he stopped playing or died before handing the data in.
(just checked his EDSM profile, he is still active almost daily, visited >26k systems first, but seems to never dock and sell his data, as he is not even Explorer Elite)
 
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