Planet Ideas And Names For The Future Of Kerbal Space Program

[Kallisto]

I think that a Triton analogue (large moon with inclined, retrogade orbit) is a must.

[Commissioner Tadpole]

Kerbal doomsday theorists contend that one day, Khan, Eve and Tylo may spontaneously combine and crash into Kerbin."

Hey, I said something similar to this in a suggestion for the description of Thud(from Planet Factory)!

But your idea is really good, you just should give more information about the planets/muns' appearance.

[michaelhester07]

I'm not sure if this was suggested before but what if a moon had a moon of it's own? Give a large moon like Laythe a small moon that orbits it. That would make an interesting landing challenge.

[Cthulhu Dawn]

a saturn and neptune remake could be really nice.

[Cthulhu Dawn]

a saturn and neptune remake could be really nice.

[Themohawkninja]

I'm not sure if this was suggested before but what if a moon had a moon of it's own? Give a large moon like Laythe a small moon that orbits it. That would make an interesting landing challenge.

That was suggest before, and as I recall, it was deemed to be far too gravitationally unstable.

[stellarator]

If you ask me... i miss a captured asteroid like Vesta, not spherical, in a binary system (two similar asteroids equilibrated)

[Sylandro]

Hey, I said something similar to this in a suggestion for the description of Thud(from Planet Factory)!

But your idea is really good, you just should give more information about the planets/muns' appearance.

I was inspired by that for Khan.

Pictures of the moons will be coming up soon!

[Sylandro]

Tilming

Diameter - 18,860 mi

Tracking Station data - " Tilming always has been a wonder to kerbalkind, how did tilming get it's extreme axial tilt? Tilming's discoverer, the eponymous Tilming Kerman, had a insane theory about the eponymous planet. 'The deep space kraken attacked it!' Tilming Kerman said infront of a crowd of enthusiastic scientists. Tilming Kerman was later moved to a mental hospital, despite being a famous astronomer and astophysicist."

Percii (Moon of Tilming)

Diameter - 450 mi

Tracking Station data - "This moon has enough mountains to give Pol a run for it's money, and it's faint enough to cause more eye strain than Gilly. And i'm only talking about the minorities of Percii."

Rupa ( Moon of Tilming )

Diameter - 135 mi

Tracking Station data - "This moon's name loosely translates into 'light red' into the kerbal language. But the name translation, is, err.. Extremely off, Rupa is a deep red, deep enough to be redder than Duna."

Bol (Moon of Tilming)

Diameter - 35 mi

Tracking Station data - "No, it's not Bop with it's p swapped with a l. Or Pol with it's p swapped with a b. Apparently, Bol is named after the eponymous god in the kerbal religion bolism."

Torkulus (Moon of Tilming)

Diameter - 1,610 mi

Tracking Station data - "When Torkulus was first discovered, the naive astronomer who discovered it, thought Torkulus was a 'Second Kerbin', but a couple of weeks after when Torkulus was discovered, the 'seas' turned out to be relatively flat areas of dried basaltic magma. Bummer."

Etnaso (Moon of Tilming)

Diameter - 945 mi

Tracking Station data - " ' Nobody really has information about Etnaso, accept that it looks really sweet. ' Said one kerbal astronomer, which turned out to be a cousin of Tilming Kerman."

Khan (Moon of Tilming)

Diameter - 2,810 mi

Tracking Station data - "The outermost moon of Tilming, and has a ridiculous gravitational pull. Kerbal doomsday theorists contend that one day, Khan, Eve and Tylo may spontaneously combine and crash into Kerbin."

Here's part two of my suggestion. Featuring the binary ice giants, Kimep and Whawa.

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Kimep

Diameter - 20,810 mi

Tracking Station data (same for Whawa) - "Kimep and Whawa were interesting for many years, 'How the heck did they become companions?' a wise, kerbal theologian once said. Nobody is sure how Kimep and Whawa became binary, but you'd better see them before some gravitational force drives them apart!"

Whawa

Diameter - 19,510 mi

Ashjhat (Moon of Kimep)

Diameter - 715 mi

Tracking Station data - "A-ashja- Hold on. Ashjhahag- C'mon.. Alright, Ashjhat. It's got a ridiculously hard name to pronounce, and you have my word on that, it also has the best views in the Kimep-Whawa system, too."

Rahi (Moon of Kimep)

Diameter - 65 mi

Tracking Station data - "This curious asteroid has been a intriguing subject to kerbal scientists, how did volitale snow form on this moon? Turns out Rahi wasn't a asteroidal moon after all. It turned out to be a comet, that various kerbal conspiracy theorists thought that re-entered Jool's atmosphere."

Daine (Moon of Kimep)

Diameter - 1,965 mi

Tracking Station data - "This moon definatley has been the punching bag of the Kerbol System. With one hemisphere of Daine being bombarded, barraged with impact craters. And one hemisphere being entirely flat, with some scarce impact craters. Watch your step."

Ricotta (Moon of Whawa)

Diameter - 1,100 mi

Tracking Station data - "This moon is called the 'Laythe' of the Kimep-Whawa moon system, while it lacks a oxygen-nitrogen fuison atmosphere, Ricotta's atmosphere is a primoridial blend of sulfur dioxide and methane. Hmmm, I wonder how Ricotta tastes..."

Edited January 3, 2014 by Sylandro

[Raven.]

a saturn and neptune remake could be really nice.

I second having a Saturn analogue added to the game.

One possibility is recreate the Saturn system; having a Saturn analogue as the parent gas giant, located beyond Jool, with the A and B rings implemented. For the moons, have a Titan (retrograde orbit), Dione & Helene (Trojan moons), and Phoebe (captured asteroid) analogues. Basically one gas giant plus two rings and four moons.

This would present a good challenge with some good eye candy for the more experienced KSP players, and it would present the Saturn system in such a way that each individual moon is unique from the other in more than just simply terrain.

Edited January 3, 2014 by Raven.
Qualified statement.

[Sylandro]

Here's part two of my suggestion. Featuring the binary ice giants, Kimep and Whawa.

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Kimep

Diameter - 20,810 mi

Tracking Station data (same for Whawa) - "Kimep and Whawa were interesting for many years, 'How the heck did they become companions?' a wise, kerbal theologian once said. Nobody is sure how Kimep and Whawa became binary, but you'd better see them before some gravitational force drives them apart!"

Whawa

Diameter - 19,510 mi

Ashjhat (Moon of Kimep)

Diameter - 715 mi

Tracking Station data - "A-ashja- Hold on. Ashjhahag- C'mon.. Alright, Ashjhat. It's got a ridiculously hard name to pronounce, and you have my word on that, it also has the best views in the Kimep-Whawa system, too."

Rahi (Moon of Kimep)

Diameter - 65 mi

Tracking Station data - "This curious asteroid has been a intriguing subject to kerbal scientists, how did volitale snow form on this moon? Turns out Rahi wasn't a asteroidal moon after all. It turned out to be a comet, that various kerbal conspiracy theorists thought that re-entered Jool's atmosphere."

Daine (Moon of Kimep)

Diameter - 1,965 mi

Tracking Station data - "This moon definatley has been the punching bag of the Kerbol System. With one hemisphere of Daine being bombarded, barraged with impact craters. And one hemisphere being entirely flat, with some scarce impact craters. Watch your step."

Ricotta (Moon of Whawa)

Diameter - 1,100 mi

Tracking Station data - "This moon is called the 'Laythe' of the Kimep-Whawa moon system, while it lacks a oxygen-nitrogen fuison atmosphere, Ricotta's atmosphere is a primoridial blend of sulfur dioxide and methane. Hmmm, I wonder how Ricotta tastes..."

Part three of my suggestion.

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Griste

Diameter - 21,635 mi

Tracking Station data - "It's grey, and has a relatively large cyclone raging on one hemisphere. Griste has one of the wildest weather patterns in the Kerbol System, if the cyclone wasn't obvious enough."

Tryos (Moon of Griste)

Diameter - 635 mi

Tracking Station data - "Oh, Tryos. You always have to have the spotlight in Griste's lunar system. In fact, you have a insane description in kerba mythology, you were the home of the gods. But i should stop talking about you, anyway."

Skeldelo (Moon of Griste)

Diameter - 910 mi

Tracking Station data - "Skeldelo has been a intriguing subject. It is a blinding white, and it is bright enough to damage a kerbal's retinas. Kerbal scientists are thinking of making glasses so that Skeldelo won't be a blinding white if you look at when the glasses are in use."

Omis (Moon of Griste)

Diameter - 275 mi

Tracking Station data - "When Omis was discovered, it was discovered to be a complete opposite of Skeldelo, accept that there was various craters on Omis that spewed out bright, reflective regolith. Did i mention Omis was tidally locked to Griste, too?"

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Part 4 will be coming soon.

[Tianar]

I will definitely 3rd having a Saturn analogue added to KSP. We need a ringed planet in game, the rings would make it a challenge when establishing orbit. Imagine your space probe passing through the rings, BOOM! It gets shredded by ring micrometeoroids.

[JiWint]

oh please,why do you all just want more and more moons? It would be just another copy/paste from current moon with another color ._.

I've got a better idea.

A Moon...for a moon... xD

[Trainsfan]

The one thing I would really like to see is a Titan analogue. Low gravity and lots of atmosphere. Also a volcanic one, IIRC there will possibly be a superhot hell-world as the first planet of the system even closer to the sun than Moho eventually.

Laythe is supposed to be a sortof combination of those two things, with the volcanism added later. I'd like to see one of the three gas giants replaced with a supermassive terrestrial way far out. bigger than eve, yet still low atmoshpere due to the lack of elements still gaseous in the cold temps. 2 or 3 moons, one sort of like the old Moho with just a residual atmosphere.

[pigletx2]

My sugestion: a ringed ice planet with an oxygen atmosphere called Lilos with 2 moons that are super hot, and a ring.

Tracking Station Data: Lilos has always interested the kerbals. It's rings are amazing, and it has volcanoes that shoot ice, based on the strange ice clouds. It's atmosphere looks to be heavy in oxygen, much heavier than Kerbin's, and the planet is very cold, meaning it's impossible to overheat down there. But you can still freeze!

Lilos has a binary moon system of Rilla and Omegos.

Tracking data for Rilla: Rilla is one of the strange binary moons of Lilos. It is very hot, and has a atmosphere as thick as Eve. Most of the surface is covered in lava, except for the few small obsidian islands floating in the mix. Many scientists think that this moon is so hot due to rapid tides as it's companion moon and it's planet pull on it.

Tracking data for Omegos: Ommegos. The strangest moon known to kerbalkind. It is mostly atmosphere, with a small, molten core down deep in the atmosphere made out something so dense, it has a gravity well similar to something 10 times bigger. It is said that krakens breed here. It's atmosphere is made mostly out of oxygen, like it's parent planet, so have fun with jets, if you don't overheat.

[ImJake]

Turanos

A desert planet with a thin CO2 atmosphere, slightly larger than Mün, in between the orbits of Kerbin and Eve. It is scared with intricate tranches that stretch across the planet. Each one is 100m to 2km wide and 2km to 6km deep, with the occasional eroded, sandy bank leading up the sides of the cliffs. Natural bridges often can be found between narrow parts of the trenches. At the bottom of the trenches are dried up river beds. The trenches lead to a large, deep crater that covers a fourth of the planets surface. The crater is filled with lush jungle and exotic crystal formations, and the little water that remains on the planet gathers here. Large sand dunes and differing cliff heights make perfect jumps for rovers and the trenches are great for driving through. Dotting the planet are lone mountains with sparse alpine foliage beginning about a third of the way up the mountains, forming micro biomes around the planet.

The large crater on Turanos was from an ancient cataclysmic impact on what used to be an ocean. Chunks of the planet were torn off and formed two moons, Darby and Yubea. They are roughly the same size, both of which are a little smaller than Gilly. They share the same orbit, but are on opposite sides of the planet.

Darby

Formed from Turanos' crust and ocean, and parts of the dense meteor that struck the planet. It developed quickly, and sloppily, leaving large pockets of water beneath the surface. Over time, the under ground lakes evaporated and the ground above them collapsed, creating the numerous sink holes that cover its surface.

Yubea

Formed out parts of the meteor and the core of Turanos from the impact. The extreme temperature and pressure from impact caused large parts of the core to crystallize, and as a result, significant portions or Yubea's surface are made of the same crystal formations that can be found in the crater.

[Clockwork13]

1. Nibrel is a gas giant and is 1.8 times the size of Jool. It's apospsis is right beyond Eelloo, and it's periapsis is in between Kerbin and Eve's orbit.

2. Terbaal is a planet the size of Kerbin. It's size is the same as Kerbin, but the gravity is 2x denser. 1 parachute won't be enough to land safely on this planet. It orbit in between Jool and Duna's orbit. What makes Terbaal unique is how its orbit is vertical, instead of horizontal.

3. Valtine is a very large and distant planet. It orbits right at the very edge of the Kerbal's Solar system. If it were to have an orbit at all bigger, it would lose its orbit around the sun entirely. Valtine has 3 moons and a 2 rings. If you get into the rings, your ship will take serious damage, and eventually explode. It's first one is called Salge. Salge is basically a moon with a very dense atmosphere, 5x as dense as Kerbin! It's atmosphere is also quite small, so if you can put a spaceship or probe around Salge, it's very rewarding. The second moon is Kerbona. Kerbona is a moon with no atmosphere, low gravity, pretty small, but a LOT of volcanic activity. The volcanic activity means its hard to land safely here. The final moon is call Deralt. Deralt has a lot of mountains, a lot of caves, and a lot of ice deposits. Deralt has an atmosphere, but a very thin one. Using only a parachute probably won't slow you down enough for a safe land

[vexx32]

Merged Clockwork13's thread into here to keep things tidy. Carry on.

[fenderzilla]

Some cool ideas for habitable planets:

• A Binary star system, in which both stars have a habitable planet with life.

• A binary planet system in a star's habitable zone. One planet would be terrestrial world with oceans and an 02 atmosphere, the other would be a barren, grey-brown world with very little water, some volcanoes, and breathable atmosphere.

• Two habitable planets in one another’s L3

• A system with many different planets, all with life. When analyzed, life forms from each planet would be found to have a common ancestor, and therefore all life in the system originated from one planet

• A planet where you can see pre-life self-replicating molecules developing

• Abandoned planets with ruins of long-dead civilizations

Edited January 6, 2014 by fenderzilla

[Dix2lespace]

Some cool ideas for habitable planets:

• A Binary star system, in which both stars have a habitable planet with life.

• A binary planet system in a star's habitable zone. One planet would be terrestrial world with oceans and an 02 atmosphere, the other would be a barren, grey-brown world with very little water, some volcanoes, and breathable atmosphere.

• Two habitable planets in one another’s L3

• A system with many different planets, all with life. When analyzed, life forms from each planet would be found to have a common ancestor, and therefore all life in the system originated from one planet

• A planet where you can see pre-life self-replicating molecules developing

• Abandoned planets with ruins of long-dead civilizations

nice idea!

[FOARP]

How about:

1) A black hole called "Nemesis" beyond the orbit of Eeloo (say, 150 million KM orbit around the sun), visible only by the micro-lensing of background stars/objects.

2) A long-cycle comet called "Kerlley's Comet" - if geysers can be modelled, then the out-gushing of material from fisures and vents in a comet can also be modelled.

3) A group of asteroids in close formation - say, 4-5 asteroids each 4-5KM across each about a dozen KM apart in a complex dance around a common centre.

4) Icy dwarf planets like the TNOs.

5) Many more asteroids with orbits between Duna and Jool - let's have a real asteroid belt.

[AtleSt]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Milky_Way_Galaxy.jpg/600px-Milky_Way_Galaxy.jpg

Okay, maybe that's a little too much...

no its not too much i think it should be a Galaxy With kerbol spinning around it (not like in krags planet factory where the solar systems spinns around kerbol)

Edited January 26, 2014 by AtleSt

[Flixxbeatz]

How about a binary planet system (2 planets of the same size but different characteristics) orbiting each other with a common barycenter?

[CsendesMark]

How about a binary planet system (2 planets of the same size but different characteristics) orbiting each other with a common barycenter?

Like Pluto and Charon?

Because that would be very interesting, but I don't think they can implement it yet, their common central of mass aren't located in the actual body, it's like they orbiting a common L2.

[Dooz]

Id like something like for a neptune analog

Name:Jow

Color yellow

Flavor text:Jow is. Far beyond the orbit of <instert uranus analog name here> it has been gravitationally interfering with <insert uranus analog>'s orbit and is named after the kerbal god of Storms

Moons

Zarb triton analog

Small mini atmosphere is present

Orbit goes retrograde around Jow

Edited January 26, 2014 by Dooz