Operation "Brown Dwarf"
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So I've been at Blu Thua EH-D b12-0, to get some screenshots for the ELW list, and some for the album. Turns out that the chilly planet looks pretty good with the light from the dwarf star:
Looks good from the cockpit too (say hi to Braben!):
And an obligatory "Cutter in front of things" shot:
Also, the tags of the system tell a curious tale. The ELW itself was tagged by one CMDR Signatious, but all the other bodies (including the star!) were tagged by CMDR Podz instead. The data was uploaded to EDDN by a CMDR Majormisfire however, meaning it most likely wasn't a case of data sniping. So basically, the first discoverer didn't bother to scan anything else, the "second discoverer" didn't upload the data (probably didn't know about it), and the uploader didn't bother to post the system anywhere. (I checked.)
All this makes me wonder whether somebody might have discovered an ELW+ELM pair already, and we just don't know about it.
Looks good from the cockpit too (say hi to Braben!):
And an obligatory "Cutter in front of things" shot:
Also, the tags of the system tell a curious tale. The ELW itself was tagged by one CMDR Signatious, but all the other bodies (including the star!) were tagged by CMDR Podz instead. The data was uploaded to EDDN by a CMDR Majormisfire however, meaning it most likely wasn't a case of data sniping. So basically, the first discoverer didn't bother to scan anything else, the "second discoverer" didn't upload the data (probably didn't know about it), and the uploader didn't bother to post the system anywhere. (I checked.)
All this makes me wonder whether somebody might have discovered an ELW+ELM pair already, and we just don't know about it.
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ELM = Earth-like Moon ? If I understand correctly, this is possible if the ratio of the masses of ELW and ELM is large. Then the barycenter of the system will be inside one of the planets and we will see such a pair, not a binary ELWs. Do I understand it correctly? What is the distribution of the masses of natural (procedural) ELWs in the Stellar Forge? Are their masses sufficiently different to make this possible?
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Yep. While they are rare, a good number of Earth-like moons have been discovered, but none were reported where the parent body is another Earth-like. As far as I can tell, it should be possible even in Elite... but the odds would be astronomically low. An ELM+ELM combo might be better, but the same still goes for that.
As for the data you were curious about: check this thread. The EDDN data was pulled last August, so it doesn't contain everything to date, but it should be plenty enough.
As for the data you were curious about: check this thread. The EDDN data was pulled last August, so it doesn't contain everything to date, but it should be plenty enough.
Yeah, the lightest possible ELM around the heaviest ELW is likely possible. We do know that a few pairs that almost could have been such were found, but their moons ended up "only" as WWTCs because of their surface temperature or their atmospheric composition. (Or both.) Once the atmospheric moon temperature bug is fixed, the chances of finding such "unicorns" should be better... but still extremely low.
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As I'm longing to get out of the bubble I'll join the Brown Dwarf Operation.Around 3k from the bubble there's a vast spread of dismal stellar objects just below the plane and I'll filter for L and T stars.Not the Y ones though- these things can be hard to spot when entering a system!
So far 100 systems and nothing to report but ice and rock but hopefully the pro gen dice will roll in my favour soon...…
So far 100 systems and nothing to report but ice and rock but hopefully the pro gen dice will roll in my favour soon...…
Heyo!
It took more than a month and I decided to publish the interim results of my mission in the form of a collection of screenshots. These are search results in more than 7000 systems. Water planets and ammonia worlds are found regularly. Unfortunately, there are no ELWs yet...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/pgBciDdos5j6WNDd6
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It took more than a month and I decided to publish the interim results of my mission in the form of a collection of screenshots. These are search results in more than 7000 systems. Water planets and ammonia worlds are found regularly. Unfortunately, there are no ELWs yet...
https://photos.app.goo.gl/pgBciDdos5j6WNDd6
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Some great finds in there.Love the system with two water worlds and an ammonia world -and one terraformable water world found too.
Sorry, do you take planets around non-primary brown dwarfs into consideration? Like planets around B-component of a large pair?
I think that this is not so interesting, but in any case, post your find here. I will glad to see it. I found a few ELWs near a brown dwarf, but there the main component of the system is a more massive and hot star.
Recently, I managed to find several more water planets and ammonia worlds in such systems, but ELW has not yet been found...
And yes, Matt posted a new ELW from post number #9
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ke-worlds-v2?p=7151000&viewfull=1#post7151000
Recently, I managed to find several more water planets and ammonia worlds in such systems, but ELW has not yet been found...
And yes, Matt posted a new ELW from post number #9
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ke-worlds-v2?p=7151000&viewfull=1#post7151000
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In case anyone cares - this system was Skaudoae JQ-U a57-23.
I've left the moons of the 2 gas giants untagged, if anyone visits and feels like adding their name.
Here you go: there is a WW on orbit around L-class brown dwarf Eorm Aip WM-D c12-0 B. The main star is a small M-class dwarf and the second component is about 2 a.u. from it.
Some of new finds
https://imgur.com/a/4JNxr6H
https://imgur.com/a/4JNxr6H
