exakt Kerbin Time in Tracking station / Map view

[Broco]

I have a few questions regarding the exact time scale for KSP. I read some threads on the forum but there were contradicting times thrown around and the official wiki page only says "about 6 hours" per Kerbin day, while stating 2556.50 hours per Kerbin year.

I'm currently creating a satellite network and I want to space the satellites pretty exactly without using any mods so what I'm doing is I have a rocket carrying 6 satellites and I want to position them in Kerbol orbit. I fly them to a circular orbit at 45 million kilometers around Kerbol and then take the time it takes from my position at apoapsis to periapsis and multiply it by 5/6 and set my course so that the new periapsis is reached at exact that time. And everytime I reach the apoapsis I release a satellite and circularise its orbit.

However, when calculating I want to be pretty exact, since KSP tells me the time in circular orbit is 3y, 15d, 2h for half the trip I want to basically have that time in hours, better minutes.

Basically my questions are:

1. Is the table in the Wiki correct? https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Time
2. Is a Kerbin hour exact 60 minutes long?
3. Is a Kerbin day exactly 6 hours long?
4. How long exactly is a Kerbin year in the game in Kerbin days or Kerbin hours? Is it 426.08 days or 2556.5 hours?

Greetings

Broco

[bewing]

Do you understand the difference between a standard year and a siderial year?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_time

So, the important point is: there are always two answers to the question "how long is a year?" (or a day)

In your case, you want a standard year, and a standard day. So yes, a standard day is exactly 6 hours, and a standard year is 2556.5 hours.

 

Edited March 4, 2018 by bewing