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Post by The Astronomer on Jul 2, 2017 22:55:53 GMT
Heh, cool. I've always wanted to have access to degenerate stars! Question: can you make one in which we have a still-living Earth? (on that note, what is the status of CoaPE?) You want living Earth? Find Earth texture ( Blue Marble Next Generation/ MODIS Map/ Water Mask), then replace the stock earth texture with it. Children of a Prosperous Earth - Either Dead or Dormant, depend on how you put it. For me, it's dead. Nobody really gives a thing about the ambitious project. But it's possible that I'll revive (and overhaul) it. Not today though.
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Post by The Astronomer on Aug 10, 2017 4:19:03 GMT
Tau Ceti was discovered to have five unconfirmed planets back in 2013. Today, it is announced to have four planets. Tau Ceti b, c and d are false positives, and the new planets are g and h.
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Post by The Astronomer on Sept 13, 2017 16:54:57 GMT
Kepler-1625 is out! The system is known for having the potentially first exomoon we've found, Kepler-1625b I. The moon is the size of Neptune.
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Post by Enderminion on Sept 13, 2017 18:30:28 GMT
wtf am I looking at?
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Post by The Astronomer on Sept 13, 2017 22:54:18 GMT
You are currently looking at Kepler-1625b's moon. Kepler-1625b can be seen behind it.
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Post by srbrant on Oct 2, 2017 5:27:13 GMT
I think I'll add degenerate star systems into my story as "Pariah Stars."
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Post by The Astronomer on Oct 12, 2017 8:58:43 GMT
Himalia is out! The Jupiter system is getting a new addition!
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Post by The Astronomer on Nov 3, 2017 18:04:22 GMT
NGTS-1 is out! From the first glance it may look quite normal, as a gas giant planet orbiting a rather large red dwarf, but this is the system which contains a planet which tears our planetary formation model apart. How can such a huge planet exist in orbit around such a low-mass star, whose formation debris disk isn't suppose to contain even enough mass for such a planet to form? May science finds out how. This will be a good opportunity for astronomers and enthusiasts alike. As such, we're inviting you to travel to this system to conduct researches on this unique planet to uncover its past, and to test our planetary formation model. NGTS-1b's size and orbital SMa, relative to its parent star. It's huge.NGTS-1b is slightly less massive than Jupiter, but is bigger due to all the heat it received from its parent star. Its surface temperature is probably around 790 K, so sulfide and chloride cirrus-like clouds might be able to form on this planet. It is a hot-Jupiter, with orbital period of a few days. WARNING: DEEP GRAVITY WELL. TORCHSHIP REQUIRED TO TRAVERSE THE PLANETARY SYSTEM.
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Post by The Astronomer on Dec 9, 2017 2:31:36 GMT
Tau Ceti is out! A famous star featured in many literature, Tau Ceti has been one of the center of attention from astronomers and sci-fi readers alike. A study in 2012 found signals of five planets orbiting this star, but a revise in 2017 ruled out the three first planets and replaced them with two. The last two planets, e and f, may be habitable. Note: The mass used is not the planets' minimum mass, but a number I came up after having a fun time figuring out Tau Ceti's possible axis tilt viewed from Earth and stuff. The minimum mass of each planet is as follow: Tau Ceti g: 1.75 Earths * 5.97219e24 kg = 1.04513325e25 kg Tau Ceti h: 1.83 Earths * 5.97219e24 kg = 1.09291077e25 kg Tau Ceti e: 3.93 Earths * 5.97219e24 kg = 2.34707067e25 kg Tau Ceti f: 3.93 Earths * 5.97219e24 kg = 2.34707067e25 kg
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Post by The Astronomer on Dec 15, 2017 13:05:42 GMT
Kepler-90 is out! This is the star system which has nice arrangement of the planets, with smaller planets near the star, and large planets further outward. Yesterday (14 December 2017), scientists announced that they have found another planet (i) in this system, adding the total up to 8, rivaling the Solar System!
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Post by The Astronomer on Feb 8, 2018 17:08:15 GMT
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Post by The Astronomer on Mar 25, 2018 16:05:17 GMT
Kepler-186 and COROT-7 is out! The Kepler-186 system, known for its outermost planet, Kepler-186f, is a red dwarf system with the central star being a rather big and bright red dwarf. Kepler-186f is orbiting comfortably in the outer areas of the habitable zone, far from its star. It is not sure whether if this planet is tidally locked or not, but it should be much more habitable than many other planets with higher ESI -- Earth isn't even that habitable! Meanwhile, here we have COROT-7 system, known for COROT-7b, possibly a lava planet, completing one orbit around its star in about 20 hours. Note that its star is a young main sequence sun-like star. Maybe it's not a gas giant's core after all... WARNING: DEEP GRAVITY WELL. TORCHSHIP REQUIRED TO TRAVERSE THE PLANETARY SYSTEM.
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Post by The Astronomer on Mar 28, 2018 15:10:13 GMT
Epsilon Indi is out! This star system was found to have two companion brown dwarfs, and then on 21 March 2018, the evidence supporting the existence of Epsilon Indi Ab, a cold Jupiter-like planet, was published.
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Post by AtomHeartDragon on Mar 29, 2018 9:39:31 GMT
The AstronomerCould you perhaps post an archive of your celestial bodies that could allow them to be downloaded in bulk? I could use some change of scenery and can definitely appreciate realistic ones, but copypasting each and every definition into appropriate file seems like major PITA.
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Post by The Astronomer on Mar 29, 2018 11:43:19 GMT
The Astronomer Could you perhaps post an archive of your celestial bodies that could allow them to be downloaded in bulk? I could use some change of scenery and can definitely appreciate realistic ones, but copypasting each and every definition into appropriate file seems like major PITA. This whole thread is a collection of the various celestial bodies I've modded into my game and decided to share it with the community. It was made so one can just copy the celestial bodies' codes they'd like to have and add them into their CelestialBodies.txt file. It wasn't designed for one to add all of them into their CelestialBodies.txt at once. I'm sorry.
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