Temperature and atmosphere on Eve and Moho in 1.0

[Norcalplanner]

So would space planes have a slightly easier time if they took off at night?

[NathanKell]

Yes! Also if they reentered at night, no solar flux.

Also at higher latitudes, where it's colder.

Keribn's equator is no longer 15C, it's 40C now during the day. Up north (or down south) however, it can get down to 0C (273K) or lower.

[NovaSilisko]

Yes! Also if they reentered at night, no solar flux.

Also at higher latitudes, where it's colder.

Keribn's equator is no longer 15C, it's 40C now during the day. Up north (or down south) however, it can get down to 0C (273K) or lower.

For a moment, I thought you said 0K and was a bit frightened.

[regex]

Also at higher latitudes, where it's colder.

Wait, you're telling me there's an actual reason to launch from a site off the equator now?

[NathanKell]

regex: for airbreathers? You betcha! (Couldn't resist.)

By contrast, you want to launch from KSC for rockets, because that leads to lower drag on ascent. However, in RF, with boiloff...fear the 40C ambient.

[Brotoro]

Better temperature models on the planets make me happy

[lajoswinkler]

Yes! Also if they reentered at night, no solar flux.

Also at higher latitudes, where it's colder.

Keribn's equator is no longer 15C, it's 40C now during the day. Up north (or down south) however, it can get down to 0C (273K) or lower.

This is one of things I wished for a long time. Finally, some progress.

Does the temperature distribution depend on latitude only? What about proximity of geological features such as oceans?

[NathanKell]

No, biomes are not taken into account, sorry.

[Commissioner Tadpole]

Ouch. KSC is now in a tropical jungle.

Oh, by the way, I was in Duna's equator when measuring the temperature there. If it helps, it was also just before sunrise(you can see the bluish atmosphere).

[bitbucket]

Moho, you say? I probulated it. Eve helped a bit.

Coming in for orbital insertion on four ion thrusters. It's hot.

Totally made it to orbit, really. Had to go around a couple more times to get a nice circular 78 km orbit, because ions.

Once the probe got a good circular orbit going, the temperatures would get up to about 465° going into the shadow...

...and drop back down to 435° by the time it re-emerged into sunlight.

Landing! With actual rockets! I dumped the ion drives and giant solars, they're just dead weight.

We made it! This is a spot somewhere near the equator; everywhere looks the same down here. It's also hot.

This is about as cool as it ever gets at night. The temperature falls very rapidly after sunset, by over 100° in just a few minutes.

Daytime is really hot. The daytime peak temperatures vary with Moho's orbital distance, from about 470° at aphelion to 580° at perihelion.

Edited May 2, 2015 by bitbucket

[czokletmuss]

Fantastic - thanks for information bitbucket