Jump to content

The science behind Dres!

cratercracker

By cratercracker
in KSP1 Discussion

 Share

Recommended Posts

cratercracker

cratercracker

Posted
Posted

 

I know, I know not allot of people like Dres. But who said that it is not interesting?!

I’m going to speak about Dres’s strange color. If you did visit Dres you may have seen contrast of color on the surface. Dark brown flatlands and then bright grey mountains appear suddenly.

But what could cause such contrast?

My hypothesis is that Dres is a remnant of ancient collision. It struck large object which had different composition. Material mixed and made Dres look different. It explains a lot of canyons and valleys on Dres’s surface.It can be a salvage of Dres's orbital inclination and realtively small size(i know that some collison make more mass, but hey! some doesn't!)

It also explains asteroids that orbit dres. If I could make a flyby of them I could see the composition of asteroids and potentially find out what was Dres like beforer the collision

If you are interested how such hypothesis came into my mind check out an article about Iapetus saturn's moon-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_(moon) it is pretty cool!

And agin i am looking for more interesting hypothesis of yours!

8S9pjVz.png

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Cunjo Carl

Cunjo Carl

Posted
Posted

I think your hypothesis is the canonical one. If I remember right, collecting a sample on Dres describes it as a mix of lots of disparate things with little bits of glass in, and a surface accelerometer scan mentions the planet is still ringing from old impacts (like our moon). It also mentions (though I can't remember which experiment) that Dres isn't differentiated so it's super low density, like Callisto.

As for the calico colors of our favorite planetoid to forget? Well, when a carbonaceous asteroid and a silicate asteroid love each other very much.... :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
MinimalMinmus

MinimalMinmus

Posted
Posted

AFAIK, Iapetus has two colors not because of a collision, but because of the uneven destruction of its ice between the dark Cassini regio, on which it sublimates quickly, and the light Ronceveaux Terra, in which it sublimates much less.

Here, this is not the case, because unlike Iapetus, Dres has a fast rotation period (It's 45 days versus 36 hours)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Cunjo Carl

Cunjo Carl

Posted
Posted
6 hours ago, MinimalMinmus said:

AFAIK, Iapetus has two colors not because of a collision, but because of the uneven destruction of its ice between the dark Cassini regio, on which it sublimates quickly, and the light Ronceveaux Terra, in which it sublimates much less.

Here, this is not the case, because unlike Iapetus, Dres has a fast rotation period (It's 45 days versus 36 hours)

   Cool fact about Iapetus! Somewhat corroborating this is a material bay quote that one of the samples evaporates in the Dressian environment.... perhaps sympathetic to the sublime surroundings? If we're talking brass tacks, I suspect any collision with enough force to fuse two bodies together would probably also have enough force to fling/redeposit rather huge amounts of material in a much more even fashion.

   I like my explanation though, much more Romeo and Juliet! :wink:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
This thread is quite old. Please consider starting a new thread rather than reviving this one.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...