thermometer bug

[Cannon]

it says 350 degrees (i assume it's kelvin) and that it's enough to freeze water solid.

as far as i know, water freezes below 273.15 kelvins o.O

[Reactordrone]

I certainly wouldn't be expecting ice at 77° C so if you're in an ice environment the thermometer might be reading heat from your ship.

[ExaltedDuck]

What's the pressure?

[_stilgar_]

It's not kelvin, it's kelvin. It's a kerbal unit, they replaced the first letter with 'k'.

[Streetwind]

No, kelvin is kelvin. This is not a Kerbal unit, it's perfectly normal kelvin.

The reason you're seeing this has two parts:

1.) The science report has a premade text that doesn't rely in any shape or form on the temperature the thermometer displays at the time the science experiment is running.

2.) The thermometer, when toggled to show its reading, reports its own temperature and not that of the environment. This in turn means that you're actually measuring the temperature of your vessel. That vessel might have just come out of a hot reentry, or spent a long flight while running its engines, or have residual heat inside it for other reasons.

[Jananton]

It's not kelvin, it's kelvin. It's a kerbal unit, they replaced the first letter with 'k'.

I'm puzzled, what did you think the first letter or unit name should have been? ;-)

Zero degrees Kelvin is what"s scientific known as absolute zero, the point were atoms and electrons stop to move.

For reference, 273 degrees Kelvin is 0 degrees Celsius.

Greets,

Jan

[Sharpy]

Zero degrees Kelvin is what"s scientific known as absolute zero, the point were atoms and electrons stop to move.

For reference, 273 degrees Kelvin is 0 degrees Celsius.

Correction: Zero Kelvins, 273 Kelvins. 0 degrees Celcius, 0 degrees Fahrenheit, but 0 Kelvins. SI unit, a small peculiarity.

[MarvinKitFox]

Zero degrees Kelvin is what"s scientific known as absolute zero, the point were atoms and electrons stop to move.

For reference, 273 degrees Kelvin is 0 degrees Celsius.

Well, if you really want to be pedantic.....

273 degrees Kelvins is about -0.15 degrees Celsius

Zero Kelvins is known as absolute zero, the point where it becomes impossible to extract any more thermal energy from a system. However the atoms and electrons still move merrily along, only at the lowest quantum energy level they can achieve.

P.S.

It has been quite proven that absolute zero is absolutely impossible to achieve in less than infinite operations. The best you can do is get close to it.

Edited August 17, 2015 by MarvinKitFox