Mitterand Hollow one of the coolest places in the ED galaxy

Muzz UK

Muzz UK
Yeah yeah I know a lot of CMDRs probably know about this place and with over 2,000 hours played I'm only just investigating it.

I had heard something about it a long time ago but recently stumbled upon this location when searching for something interesting to do. whilst my squadron awaits Fleet Carriers. Essentially for those that do not know Mitterand Hollow is a small moon near to Sol in the Epsilon Indi system. This moon is special and worth visiting because it is so tiny and has a really quick orbital speed so will pass the planet it orbits in around 1 minute 30. Whats really cool is you can land on the planet with a bit of timing in supercruise you can experience a really quick day and night cycle. I've done this both in monitor and VR mode and it reminds me of why I love Elite so much.

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Mitterand Hollow

Mitterand Hollow is a small, rocky moon orbiting the planet New Africa in the Epsilon Indi system, near Sol. It has a radius of 684 km, and travels at an approximate speed of 876 km per second, allowing it to complete a full orbit around New Africa in only 1 minute and 26 seconds. A total Solar...
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Rock Hunter

Rock Hunter
Old Duck said:
I've not been since switching to PC and VR, so I need to go back someday.
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Thats exactly what I was thinking as I read the thread. I visited in 2D and should really go back in VR.

I need to dig through some threads and the Canonn website to find some other gems, though is there anything much like this left. I remember reading about other anomalies but am pretty sure most were fixed.
 

Wendake

Wendake
Made a short video of it when I went there nearly 2 years ago !

Definitely a place to go atleast once :)

(Everything is in real time in my video)

 

Kenneth McGrew

Kenneth McGrew
steve_muzz said:
Yeah yeah I know a lot of CMDRs probably know about this place and with over 2,000 hours played I'm only just investigating it.

I had heard something about it a long time ago but recently stumbled upon this location when searching for something interesting to do. whilst my squadron awaits Fleet Carriers. Essentially for those that do not know Mitterand Hollow is a small moon near to Sol in the Epsilon Indi system. This moon is special and worth visiting because it is so tiny and has a really quick orbital speed so will pass the planet it orbits in around 1 minute 30. Whats really cool is you can land on the planet with a bit of timing in supercruise you can experience a really quick day and night cycle. I've done this both in monitor and VR mode and it reminds me of why I love Elite so much.

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Mitterand Hollow

Mitterand Hollow is a small, rocky moon orbiting the planet New Africa in the Epsilon Indi system, near Sol. It has a radius of 684 km, and travels at an approximate speed of 876 km per second, allowing it to complete a full orbit around New Africa in only 1 minute and 26 seconds. A total Solar...
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Skardee & the closest landable planet to the star is also an overlooked gem on the bubbles doorstep.

bring your sun cream though.
 

M00ka

M00ka
Linnunrata said:
With the speed of Mitterand Hollow and the mass of New Africa, MH shouldn't orbit NA, but be flung out immediately. In order to maintain the moon, New Africa would have to have tens of thousands of times more mass.
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Well it is a big galaxy and I am sure there are things out there we just can't quit comprehend. To say we know exactly how everything works, how everything in the galaxy works to our very limited knowledge is, I think just a little presumptuous.
 

Linnunrata

Linnunrata
M00ka said:
Well it is a big galaxy and I am sure there are things out there we just can't quit comprehend. To say we know exactly how everything works, how everything in the galaxy works to our very limited knowledge is, I think just a little presumptuous.
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It's pretty basic physics. It's not like there's an alternative set of orbital mechanics in use around the galaxy. :rolleyes:

If it helps your headcanon, you can of course imagine that it is for example an alien space station held on orbit by mysterious force, but seems a bit convoluted way to explain away why someone at FDev made a mistake with the decimal.
 
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VR Morgan Grimes

VR Morgan Grimes
Linnunrata said:
With the speed of Mitterand Hollow and the mass of New Africa, MH shouldn't orbit NA, but be flung out immediately. In order to maintain the moon, New Africa would have to have tens of thousands of times more mass.
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If I recall correctly it was a data entry error from either Sandro or Brookes that caused it and it was decided to leave it in :)
 
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