This month had a lot of extra catch-up between the usual exoplanet updates, more behind-the-scenes updates (as teased during our anniversary post in case you only read Steam notes), and the very exciting discovery of over a hundred more moons around our very own Saturn! Light reading and a list of the new moons can be found in this short NASA article.
The new moons are not easily findable with default settings. You will need to either use the Solar System Browser with Gas giant minor moons enabled (click the Gear in the left of the window), or use Find Object. Naming conventions are the same as the linked article, except with a space between the last letter/number (so S/2000 S3 becomes S/2000 S 3).
The purpose of this beta is, as always, to catch any bugs that may pop up and give the community an opportunity to skim for errors we may have missed. The usual channels are always open on our Official Discord and the Troubleshooting and Bug Reports Discussion page here on Steam.
Additionally, we've seen some posts questioning catalog errors and/or how to report them. Simply put, they're inevitable. The catalogs are massive, and new entries get the bulk of our attention. Catalog errors and inaccuracies can be reported in the same channels as bugs, which are investigated and confirmed by the Support team, who pass it along for our astronomers to correct. If you can, include your source for the information that needs to be updated, as it makes it easier for Support to confirm and the fix to get in to the next patch!
Changelog:
- Updated small moons catalog with 128 new Saturn moons
- Updated binary asteroids catalog
- Updated the exoplanet catalogs with 17 new host stars and 28 new planets (listed below)
- Added basic descriptions to the Info tab of the Wiki for 409 asteroids
- Added LMC globular cluster NGC 1755
- Improved distances and sizes of some open clusters
- Disabled some phantom clusters
- Updated size and orientation of M 101 and added proper name (Pinwheel)
- Updated size of M 81
- Updated orientation of IC 1296
- Improved size and orientation of NGC 1211
- Tweaked distance to IC 2163
Catalog Additions:
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