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Darryn Lowe
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-01-25 02:26:21 UTC
Is there a way to calculate the quantity of ore to a rock based on the radius of the rock?

For example radius = 100 m = 4323 veldspar?

Sometimes I see pretty big rocks but they are too far for my Survey II Scanner so I don't know if it's actually worth it.

If I could do a quick calculation then that would be better.
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#2 - 2013-01-25 03:41:51 UTC
Jamie zulen
Thee Institute of Technology and Science
#3 - 2013-01-25 08:39:19 UTC
You can also slowboat it to the rock while you mine something you know is worth it.

Just a thought lol
Musashi Date
#4 - 2013-01-25 17:11:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Musashi Date
I had run into this asteroid radius info also and after some forum/google search here are some values (regardless of asteroid type)

Ores in Asteroid - Asteroid Radius (in roughly ~5000 increments)
5041 - 109
10215 - 134
14581 - 160
20286 - 201
26512 - 258
29945 - 297
36593 - 387
40392 - 451
45250 - 548
50827 - 685
55661 - 831
59389 - 965
etc etc...
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#5 - 2013-01-25 22:51:38 UTC
For what it is worth, when you are in a fleet, it is supposed to be the Orca pilot's job to scan and use overview tags to mark asteroids.

The Orca (and Rorqual for that matter) are bonused to scan an entire belt. Using a Survey Scanner II: 135 km range for an Orca, 225 km for a Rorqual.
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#6 - 2013-01-26 18:38:02 UTC
downside: someone else may have come along before you and mined it almost into non-existence. I think they only change sizes at downtime

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Darryn Lowe
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2013-01-28 02:23:14 UTC
Tau Cabalander wrote:
Amount of Ore based on Asteroid Radii: Data and Observed Relationship

Thanks for the link.

I applied it and it was very very close. Within tolerance.
Zakarumit CZ
Zakarum Industries
Forgers United
#8 - 2013-01-28 07:51:17 UTC
It was very good way how to find out amount of ore in the asteroid, but in previous year CCP rounded down all asteroid radiuses to a whole number, which makes the results much more inaccurate than when there was a decimal number.