Not so spectacular, but interesting finds. :)

Zieman · Jul 13, 2019

Sometimes I happen to see something out of the ordinary, which isn't anything record breaking or spectacular, but feel worth of sharing anyway.
So, no ringed binary AWs or ELWs here, but anything that might catch a seasoned (or not so seasoned) explorer's eye.

I'll start with a HMC very close to its parent star, being oblate because it's quite warm & spins rapidly, even if tidally locked.

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Somehow the oblateness seems to be about 90° wrong in this pic (it isn't a screen border artifact, the pic is cropped off the center of a 4k screenie). Axial tilt is slightly below 18°, so that doesn't explain it.
EDIT: forgot the orbital inclination, -85°, so nothing strange in this department.

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Zieman · Jul 13, 2019

Another recent one is a pair of Water World / Class II Gas Giant pairs, where in one pair the WW is biggger & more massive and in the other pair vice versa.

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Yes, there's also a mudball Rocky Ice World & a Gas Giant with water based life. And a Water Giant (not seen in this pic).

Zieman · Jul 13, 2019

Ringed Class I Gas Giant orbiting a ringed Icy Body:

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Zieman · Jul 13, 2019

A Water Giant with a belt in its clouds. Wonder what's churning there? Surface temp only 156 K though.

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Rooster Podunk · Jul 13, 2019

Nice, Commander Zieman. Oddball worlds are one of the big reasons I spend most of my time in the black. Kudos on the shots.

Zieman · Jul 13, 2019

Rooster Podunk said:
Nice, Commander Zieman. Oddball worlds are one of the big reasons I spend most of my time in the black. Kudos on the shots.

Thanks!
Do share yours, everyone!

Leif_Erikson · Jul 13, 2019

Still not found another- paired worlds with a moon orbiting one of them.

mpfj · Jul 13, 2019

Here's a similarly oblated gas giant in a close orbit round a Class K star

mpfj · Jul 13, 2019

And a "halo planet" I found a couple of years ago ...

mpfj · Jul 13, 2019

Oh ... and my two snowmen ...

Zieman · Jul 14, 2019

Five shades of Class III

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war4peace · Jul 15, 2019

I have found my closest pair of solar systems yet. Two solar systems at 0.1 LY from each other, both B-class blue stars.
PW2010 302 and PW2010 305.

To put things in perspective, Hutton Orbital (the mug-churning station) is more than two times farther from its star than these solar systems are apart. So if someone were to build a station 0.06 LY away from PW2010 302 in the direction of PW2010 305, that station would be closer to the other solar system than its own.

Zieman · Jul 15, 2019

war4peace said:
I have found my closest pair of solar systems yet. Two solar systems at 0.1 LY from each other, both B-class blue stars.
PW2010 302 and PW2010 305.

To put things in perspective, Hutton Orbital (the mug-churning station) is more than two times farther from its star than these solar systems are apart. So if someone were to build a station 0.06 LY away from PW2010 302 in the direction of PW2010 305, that station would be closer to the other solar system than its own.

And near the Bubble you find Sigma Orionis, which has a 0.27 Ly separation between its A & C components...

Red_Beard_98 · Jul 16, 2019

Not sure if these are actually anything weird but here we go

Probably the most green colored planet I have come across; it just seemed a bit odd to me

I also noticed a weird ring on this lava world, also seemed a bit odd

I have a lot more screenshots of weird things(to me anyways), maybe I'll post a few more later

Straha Yeagar · Jul 16, 2019

This is my kind of thread! Subtle fascinations are everywhere in this game. Keep posting them folks!

Zieman · Jul 16, 2019

Class I gas giant with small bright blue patches

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EternalDragon · Jul 17, 2019

I'm at work now, so will post later some curiosities I've accumulated during my expedition. These include very hot ice world, water world without atmosphere and a ball with the surface pressure of hundreds millions of atmospheres.