Exactly how do I read a Gravioli Detector?

[Tassyr]

About the gravity detector that comes with KSP- how on earth do I make sense of it? I've tried to sort it out a few times- but I still can't figure how to convert to earth (Kerbin?) gravities....

[Cykyrios]

I usually use 2 sensors to determine gravity: the Gravioli Detector, which will give you a reading in m/s², and the accelerometer, which gives a reading in g (but reads zero if you are in orbit).

On Kerbin, as you probably know it, the acceleration caused by gravity is 9.81 m/s², which is 1 g.

You can easily convert that

[Jackissimus]

Yeah, you have to compare it to 9.81 for Kerbin surface acceleration. So if the detector reads 5, then it's about half the surface gravity on kerbin (1/2 g).

It's a funny thing, that gravioli detector, in real life it would be something like a detector of gravitons. But gravitons are not proven to exist, although they are part of the Standard Model. In reality there is no way to measure gravitation, because gravity is indistinguishable from acceleration, as described in theory of relativity.