When would I burn up IRL in proximity to Kerbol.

[Themohawkninja]

I make a rocket out of only big SRBs and got myself into a fairly elliptical orbit around Kerbol that brought be to about within 3.1 million KM of Kerbol at the periapsis. I know that Kerbol is an M class red-dwarf, but I don\'t know what sort of heat a person would expect to feel at 3.1 million KM.

So my question is, (relative to human anatomy, and space suit insulation), should my Kerbal be dead, and what is the minimum safe distance that I should realistically orbit?

[opticalshadow]

i know the kerbal way of findign out...

[UmbralRaptor]

It\'s ambiguous -- Kerbol\'s mass is only ~9x Jupiter\'s. Potentially this means that the \'real\' limit would be atmospheric drag, rather than radiant heat.

[Themohawkninja]

It\'s ambiguous -- Kerbol\'s mass is only ~9x Jupiter\'s. Potentially this means that the \'real\' limit would be atmospheric drag, rather than radiant heat.

Really? So the corona-sphere (or another part of the stellar atmosphere), has more dangerous effects than the heat in-terms of how close you can get to the star?

[UmbralRaptor]

I\'m saying that a real-world object with this mass would be quite cool. Possibly enough so that the dangers of getting too close would be more like those of a gas giant, than a star.