Elite Dangerous Journal Schemas

Scan

When Written: basic or detailed discovery scan of a star, planet or moon. This is also generated when scanning a navigation beacon in a populated system, to record info about all the bodies in the system.

Properties

Name Type Optional Description Examples
timestamp string No Timestamp in UTC, ISO 8601
  • 2022-09-11T22:00:45Z
  • 2022-09-12T08:54:21Z
  • 2022-09-12T08:54:24Z
event string No
  • Scan
ScanType string No Written for Star/Planet/Moon
  • AutoScan
  • Detailed
  • NavBeaconDetail
BodyName string No Written for Star/Planet/Moon
  • Celaeno 2
  • Tascheter Sector EL-Y b5
  • LHS 1443 A
BodyID integer No Written for Star/Planet/Moon
  • 10
  • 0
  • 1
Parents array Yes Written for Star/Planet/Moon -
Name Type Optional Description Examples
Star integer Yes
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
Null integer Yes
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
Ring integer Yes
  • 1
  • 15
  • 7
Planet integer Yes
  • 39
  • 9
  • 6
StarSystem string No Written for Star
  • Celaeno
  • Tascheter Sector EL-Y b5
  • LHS 1443
SystemAddress integer No Written for Star
  • 198875014308
  • 11665802143105
  • 5068732442009
DistanceFromArrivalLS number No Written for Star/Planet/Moon
  • 8370.586818
  • 0
  • 24.357122
TidalLock boolean Yes Written for Planet/Moon
  • false
  • true
TerraformState string Yes Written for Planet/Moon
  • Terraformable
  • Terraformed
PlanetClass string Yes Written for Planet/Moon
  • High metal content body
  • Icy body
  • Sudarsky class I gas giant
Atmosphere string Yes Written for Planet/Moon
  • hot thick water atmosphere
  • thin nitrogen atmosphere
AtmosphereType string Yes Written for Planet/Moon
  • Water
  • None
  • Nitrogen
AtmosphereComposition array Yes Written for Planet/Moon -
Name Type Optional Description Examples
Name string No
  • Water
  • Nitrogen
  • Ammonia
Percent number No
  • 99.124542
  • 0.492685
  • 0.302259
Volcanism string Yes Written for Planet/Moon
  • major silicate vapour geysers volcanism
  • major rocky magma volcanism
MassEM number Yes Body mass. Written for Planet/Moon
  • 4.880573
  • 0.257221
  • 0.284099
Radius number Yes Written for Star
  • 9575746
  • 360973152
  • 400260544
SurfaceGravity number Yes Written for Planet/Moon
  • 21.214608
  • 6.358215
  • 6.599853
SurfaceTemperature number Yes Written for Star/Planet/Moon
  • 1442.12085
  • 2122
  • 3404
SurfacePressure number Yes Written for Planet/Moon
  • 5377658368
  • 0
  • 1030.144409
Landable boolean Yes Written for Planet/Moon
  • false
  • true
Composition object Yes Written for Planet/Moon -
Name Type Optional Description Examples
Ice number No
  • 0.008881
  • 0
  • 0.825387
Rock number No
  • 0.661355
  • 0.672238
  • 0.159098
Metal number No
  • 0.329764
  • 0.327762
  • 0.015514
SemiMajorAxis number Yes Orbital Parameters for any Star/Planet/Moon (except main star of single-star system)
  • 2441834926605.2246
  • 3927611351013.1836
  • 6066894054.412842
Eccentricity number Yes Orbital Parameters for any Star/Planet/Moon (except main star of single-star system)
  • 0.798885
  • 0.193603
  • 0.083087
OrbitalInclination number Yes Orbital Parameters for any Star/Planet/Moon (except main star of single-star system)
  • -58.522447
  • 90.915675
  • 58.871234
Periapsis number Yes Orbital Parameters for any Star/Planet/Moon (except main star of single-star system)
  • 10.00731
  • 282.962726
  • 155.180146
OrbitalPeriod number Yes Orbital Parameters for any Star/Planet/Moon (except main star of single-star system)
  • 1064090549.945831
  • 31656362414.360046
  • 676484.233141
AscendingNode number Yes Written for Star/Planet/Moon
  • 170.049891
  • 171.684212
  • -133.96371
MeanAnomaly number Yes Written for Star/Planet/Moon
  • 313.759234
  • 172.208739
  • 357.274807
RotationPeriod number Yes Written for Star/Planet/Moon. If rotating (in seconds)
  • 168284.111267
  • 151337.187838
  • 202116.091725
AxialTilt number Yes If rotating. Written for Star/Planet/Moon
  • 0.243948
  • 0
  • 0.110391
WasDiscovered boolean No Written for Star/Planet/Moon
  • true
  • false
WasMapped boolean No Written for Star/Planet/Moon
  • true
  • false
StarType string Yes Written for Star
  • TTS
  • M
  • T
Subclass integer Yes Written for Star
  • 9
  • 6
  • 8
StellarMass number Yes Written for Star
  • 0.3125
  • 0.417969
  • 0.035156
AbsoluteMagnitude number Yes Written for Star
  • 10.60585
  • 8.327072
  • 18.502441
Age_MY integer Yes Written for Star
  • 206
  • 3280
  • 1142
Luminosity string Yes Written for Star
  • VI
  • V
  • Va
Rings array Yes Written for Star/Planet/Moon. If rings present. -
Name Type Optional Description Examples
Name string No
  • Turdet C A Belt
  • Latorioson A Belt
  • Latorioson B Belt
RingClass string No
  • eRingClass_MetalRich
  • eRingClass_Metalic
  • eRingClass_Icy
MassMT number No In megatons
  • 48319000000000
  • 76821000000000
  • 3572400000000000
InnerRad number No
  • 356060000
  • 745750000
  • 29865000000
OuterRad number No
  • 1325200000
  • 1746100000
  • 189630000000
Materials array Yes Written for Planet/Moon -
Name Type Optional Description Examples
Name string No
  • iron
  • nickel
  • sulphur
Name_Localised string Yes
  • iron
  • nickel
  • sulphur
Percent number No
  • 21.92185
  • 16.580769
  • 15.561681
ReserveLevel string Yes Written for Planet/Moon. If rings present.
  • MajorResources
  • PristineResources
  • CommonResources