Why is this planet showing two different descriptions?

I had the same thing. It was a Paradise planet in some descriptions and a Verdant in others.

There must be two different pieces of code getting the descriptor for planets that aren't identical. Paradise, Verdant, and Flourishing are all from the same name pool, but the game is picking different terms from the pool in some places.

I wonder if someone was going to remove Paradise from the name pool for these worlds. I don't know if there is a proper name like True Paradise or Anomalous Paradise, the ones with glowing grass and bubbles that can't be interacted with. I think they're Always named Paradise, but the name is also used for Lush/Verdant/Flourishing etc.

You're world doesn't look like one and my oddly named world wasn't either, just a normal grassy type.

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Shows Paradise from orbit/scanner, not from discovery log. The box that pops up upon exiting my ship shows Paradise and beautiful weather, but the scanner shows differently.

What's going on here? Not the first time I've seen this lately.

How far are you into the game? If you haven't installed a hyperdrive yet, this is normal. If you're past that point, this is somewhat odd, but it does still happen until the game catches up with your progress. Once you've visited the Anomaly it all tends to even out.