Anyone else come across this?

[Poofer]

so i ferried a VIP and rescued a stranded kerbal in one shot, while also taking temperature readings along the way for SCIENCE.

i noticed a peculiar value.... near sea level and sumerged the temprature is 271, no units.

Assuming it's in kelvin, that's freezing and if it's Celcius, then the planet should host no life....

Also, apparently tourists develop skills too.

[worir4]

Where on Kerbin is it? (Not an expression)

If it is near the poles then maybe it is just a cold day. (Assuming kelvin.)

[Poofer]

Dont have the exact location, but very near the equator.

[LABHOUSE]

Things do not cool down from a re entry immediatly... it cannot go from 750-3000° to 10-25° in an instant.

[Norpo]

On the launch pad I get tempertures about 287 units minimum, which fits Kelvin nicely. (about 14 Celsius)

Also, saltwater has a lower freezing point, so that would explain why the sea wouldn't freeze.

[Poofer]

it can if its submerged in millions of cubic meters of ocean water. The temperature remained the same despite being underwater for a good 5 mins.

I should've measured the temperature during re-entry, so i cannot tell if this temperature came from that or not.

edit:

On the launch pad I get tempertures about 287 units minimum, which fits Kelvin nicely. (about 14 Celsius)

Also, saltwater has a lower freezing point, so that would explain why the sea wouldn't freeze.

i'd accept 0 C due to water if the water in question was near the poles but:

a) the temperature was like that before splashdown

water was near equator, temperature should be nowhere near 0.

(should clarify at this point that i'm intrigued at this quirk, not annoyed. Just want to know the reason behind it)

edit 2:

oddly enough, 271K is freezing point for saltwater (-2C) according to google.

Edited April 28, 2015 by Poofer

[Poofer]

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so i took another crack at this and took screenshots.

Kerbin be weird ...

Edited April 29, 2015 by Poofer