Request WD 1586 and its planet WD 1586 b

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Request WD 1586 and its planet WD 1586 b

Post #1by Duglis » 20.10.2020, 20:10

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/science/news/exoplanet-wd-1586b-discovered-nasa-tess-2296737

Astronomers have discovered a planet the size of Jupiter closely orbiting the smouldering remains of a dead star, the first time that an intact exoplanet has been discovered travelling around a white dwarf.


Would be nice to recreate :)

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Post #2by LukeCEL » 20.10.2020, 21:04

I would recommend Sirius_Alpha's exoplanet catalogue. It has all known exoplanets and is updated monthly, and it has WD 1586 b.

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Post #3by trappistplanets » 21.10.2020, 10:55

i think he want one with costume textures...
There is a limit to how far we can travel into the stars.
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Post #4by Duglis » 21.10.2020, 17:14

thank you, both.

That great resource has WD 1856 b, not WD 1586 b.

I know they are easy to mix up :D 1856......1586....

WD 1586 was only discovered last month.

I don't need textures. I would just love all the important info needed to make the exoplanet.ssc and exploplanet-star.stc files needed.
or in this case, the WD156b.ssc and WD156.stc files needed. The info is so new that I can't find the information to make those appropriate files!
Oh and yes, the texture they keep making for WD 1586 b is a purple gas giant. Why purple? Who knows? :D

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Post #5by LukeCEL » 21.10.2020, 19:57

Duglis wrote:That great resource has WD 1856 b, not WD 1586 b.

I know they are easy to mix up 1856......1586....

You're right, they're easy to mix up... I even wrote 1586 in my own post. :insane: But it looks like the article https://gadgets.ndtv.com/science/news/exoplanet-wd-1586b-discovered-nasa-tess-2296737 has the incorrect designation. It links to the original scientific paper (Vandenburg et al. (2020)), which says WD 1856+534.

So I'm pretty certain they are referring to the same planet.

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Post #6by Duglis » 21.10.2020, 20:56

Yes they are. Bad astronomers or else reporters relaying the astronomical data! :boxing: :fie: Hehe

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LukeCEL, I have Celestia Origin and it doesn't like modifications to its exoplanet files. Very strange.
I can't seem to get the WD 1856 b ssc and stc star file...just for that one system to work in it and i made it myself.
bah!

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Post #7by SpaceStalker » 04.11.2020, 16:02

I have made this planet, considering it WD 1856 b
Here's link, the planet is at the bottom of my theme.
https://celestia.space/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=20536

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Post #8by Duglis » 06.11.2020, 07:19

Nice, SpaceStalker!


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