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Moons? #1087

Closed ajtribick closed 4 years ago

ajtribick commented 6 years ago

It might be useful to have a <moon> element available.

larsnaesbye commented 5 years ago

Makes sense, given that chances of having an exomoon confirmed sometime soon are pretty good. Should any parameters differ from the <planet> element, you think?

larsnaesbye commented 4 years ago

@hannorein Would this be something you and others could find useful?

hannorein commented 4 years ago

Let's find a moon first... 😉

larsnaesbye commented 4 years ago

Would it need to be confirmed or just a plausible candidate?

hannorein commented 4 years ago

I don't know. The way I see it, even having one or two good candidates doesn't really justify putting the work in to add them here. A catalogue of exomoons only makes sense when there are so many object that one can't keep track of them individually.

larsnaesbye commented 4 years ago

That’s a good point :)

SevenSpheres commented 2 years ago

Was support for moons ever added? Currently, the exomoon candidate Kepler-1708 b-i is included in the database as a planet orbiting the star Kepler-1708, instead of a moon orbiting the planet Kepler-1708 b. This should be corrected, or the exomoon candidate should be removed.