I want to get into exploration (mainly because I want to do a bit of everything in this game), but it takes so long to scan every planet, moon, and asteroid belt segment of a system. Is there any way to make the scanning process quicker?
How to speed up exploration
elite-dangerous
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Best Answer
Much like @Yuuki said in comments, scans complete faster the closer you are (can confirm this), and asteroid/resource sites don't give much for bonus.
A couple things to know about exploration
So how do you use this knowledge? When you jump into an unfamiliar system (the star you jump into will be undiscovered), fire off your scanners and then begin scanning in an outward direction all of the planets. moons and other objects aren't worth much money, so you can just keep them as "UNEXPLORED" and it's probably fine (you still get paid if they are just left as discovered)
If you have the surface scanner, be sure to fire that off on planets, especially if they look like they support life (life supporting planets gets a pretty boost in reward)