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Delta Leporis has an ELW at 2858 Ls which seems too far outside the habitable zone. The star is smaller and cooler than Sol. I thought the surface pressure might have something to do with it, but plenty of other ELWs have the same pressure but are correctly within the HZ. Is this a bug or is there some other reason it's so far away?
Strange distance for Earth-like World
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If it's a hand drawn system the rule book is thrown out the window and anything is possible
Delta Leporis is a K-class star, but it's not an ordinary K-class star. It's a K-class sub-giant, meaning it's bigger and hotter than a regular K-class star.
Or at least, it should be. The stats given for the size of the star are not in line with what an actual K-class sub-giant would be like. But presumably the habitable-zone calculations for giant stars are different, and it is on that basis the hab zone for this star is much further out.
Or at least, it should be. The stats given for the size of the star are not in line with what an actual K-class sub-giant would be like. But presumably the habitable-zone calculations for giant stars are different, and it is on that basis the hab zone for this star is much further out.
In addition to these, that Earth-like world is a terraformed planet. While those should still be in the habitable zone, based on terraforming candidates, terraformed ELWs can still produce some weird stuff. Their characteristics can be well outside the boundaries of "natural" Earth-likes.
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I found some information about the star:
"Delta Leporis has a spectral type of G8III/IV. This means the star is a white to yellow subgiant star. The star has a B-V Colour Index of 0.98 which means the star's temperature has been calculated using information from Morgans @ Uni.edu at being 4,888 Kelvin.
Delta Leporis has been calculated as 7.92 times bigger than the Sun.The Sun's radius is 695,800km, therefore the star's radius is an estimated 5,509,533.56.km."
Source: https://www.universeguide.com/star/deltaleporis
To me, it seems like internally the stats are about right for the habitable zone; but the actual displayed information is incorrect.
For example Delta Leporis 1 is an airless landable with a surface temperature of 625K (350 degrees Celcius/665 degrees Farenheight) at a distance of 420LS; not much closer in then our own planet Earth and in the habitable zone if it was around our own star; yet this star which appears less luminous then our own puts out considerably more energy.
"Delta Leporis has a spectral type of G8III/IV. This means the star is a white to yellow subgiant star. The star has a B-V Colour Index of 0.98 which means the star's temperature has been calculated using information from Morgans @ Uni.edu at being 4,888 Kelvin.
Delta Leporis has been calculated as 7.92 times bigger than the Sun.The Sun's radius is 695,800km, therefore the star's radius is an estimated 5,509,533.56.km."
Source: https://www.universeguide.com/star/deltaleporis
To me, it seems like internally the stats are about right for the habitable zone; but the actual displayed information is incorrect.
For example Delta Leporis 1 is an airless landable with a surface temperature of 625K (350 degrees Celcius/665 degrees Farenheight) at a distance of 420LS; not much closer in then our own planet Earth and in the habitable zone if it was around our own star; yet this star which appears less luminous then our own puts out considerably more energy.
Thanks for all responses. They make sense. We just have to assume the information displayed in-game for that star is incorrect.
FDev, is this something you would look to fix?
FDev, is this something you would look to fix?