A Kerbal's Guide to our solar system

[Guest ThatCrazyPilot]

I hope they got off the planet(s) in time

Kerbol B

[Spearka]

maybe the asteroid field (the one between egar and Juturn) was created by the destruction of a mysterious planet, and you can find many asteroid 'shards' that highlight its existence

[Guest ThatCrazyPilot]

maybe the asteroid field (the one between egar and Juturn) was created by the destruction of a mysterious planet, and you can find many asteroid 'shards' that highlight its existence

Sounds epic!

[cardgame]

Ooh, like a small asteroid with fossils impacted on it?

[NovaSilisko]

maybe the asteroid field (the one between egar and Juturn) was created by the destruction of a mysterious planet, and you can find many asteroid 'shards' that highlight its existence

Other than the fact that Juturn doesn\'t exist and Egar is a moon now, I like that idea.

[Spearka]

wait, if tiberius has an iron core, it surely cannot have an unstable atmosphere because of a magnetic field, surely it would be better if it were one big mantle instead

also, if Kerbol B is a brown dwarf, it should NOT emit light, since brown dwarves aren\'t actually stars

[Kryten]

wait, if tiberius has an iron core, it surely cannot have an unstable atmosphere because of a magnetic field, surely it would be better if it were one big mantle instead

also, if Kerbol B is a brown dwarf, it should NOT emit light, since brown dwarves aren\'t actually stars

A planet needs to have a liquid iron core to have a strong magnetic field-Mercury has a core larger than Earth\'s, but has almost no field; and it\'s perfectly possible for a large brown dwarf to emit light-through deuterium fusion (which a brown dwarf must large enough to do, by definition) and gravitational contraction.

[NovaSilisko]

Kerbol B is the kerbal universe equivelent of a red dwarf. Kerbol A is the kerbal universe equivelent of an orange dwarf.

[Spearka]

wait, if egar is a moon what is it a moon of?

[Douglasdtlltd]

wait, if egar is a moon what is it a moon of?

The Sun.

[NovaSilisko]

wait, if egar is a moon what is it a moon of?

Meander. Fifth planet from Kerbol.

[samstarman5]

Yes, but it\'s awesome devastation. Gods are jerks anyway. The Kerbals should kill theirs like the Klingons did.

They did it the Kerbal way: they attempted to launch their gods into space. Now there is only science.

We could have completely alien planetary distributions in other, nearby systems. I like the idea of having the Kerbol system be fairly similar to the Sol system; it makes the game more accessible for new players. 'Oh, hey, it\'s familiar, but different, that\'s comforting, I can just use the tricks NASA did to get there!'

In fact, it\'d provide us with a way to have both a consistent reference frame *and* randomness; make the Kerbol system and, say, the Proxima Kerbtauri system (about a light-year away, for a realistic distance that\'s close enough to make interstellar travel more feasible) be standardized in every game, but all other stars defined as 'within reach' would have random planetary systems instead of a specific one. That way, we have a nice, standard Kerbol system, and we know that we won\'t be disappointed when we go to the nearest star, but after that, we never know just what we\'ll get in another system!

I love that idea, as it will give a platform to putting into practice actual interstellar ships we can build now in real life(but won\'t because of certain nuclear treaties among other reasons). I am unsure how much of a Pandora\'s Box the KSP Team thought they were opening. But the potential we see now is...well, beyond the stars.

[N3X15]

They did it the Kerbal way: they attempted to launch their gods into space. Now there is only science.

I love that idea, as it will give a platform to putting into practice actual interstellar ships we can build now in real life(but won\'t because of certain nuclear treaties among other reasons). I am unsure how much of a Pandora\'s Box the KSP Team thought they were opening. But the potential we see now is...well, beyond the stars.

Or at least aiming in that direction with assorted tumbling debris and body parts, like how most of my Mun missions end up.

[samstarman5]

Or at least aiming in that direction with assorted tumbling debris and body parts, like how most of my Mun missions end up.

Hey, you got to start with something. It would just be better to end it with well-aimed ships and living beings inside.

[WX_Echo]

Well done, NS.

I look forward to adding some of this orbital data (perhaps even in an unofficial status) to my calculator. I\'ll run some numbers and see if I might be able to suggest slight tweaks to mass, semi-major axis, rotational period, or equatorial radius data.

Interplanetary missions, here we come.

[NovaSilisko]

Well done, NS.

I look forward to adding some of this orbital data (perhaps even in an unofficial status) to my calculator. I\'ll run some numbers and see if I might be able to suggest slight tweaks to mass, semi-major axis, rotational period, or equatorial radius data.

Interplanetary missions, here we come.

Hot dog!

[Key of door]

Hot dog!

So, any more planets coming?

[venku122]

Where\'d the super sized images go?

[fairtonybeta]

I honestly think that the next update should open up the ability to mod additional planets etc. that would free up alot of time for the author(s) of this program, from designing and texturing celestial bodies.

Is it very hard for this to be done???

[mincespy]

I hope this is official.

[Winston]

Where\'d the super sized images go?

Pretty sure the constituent planets are their order have been updated since those.

[IonStorm]

Having one or more near-Kerbal asteroids in addition to any asteroid belt would be fantastic. The ability to try to re-create the successful NEAR Shoemaker mission http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker and nearly failed Hayabusa mission http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa_mission as well as upcoming missions like OSIRIS-REx <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa_2 would be a fantastic challenge. A comet would also be super cool but would require the formation of a coma at the right time to reproduce the STARDUST mission http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(spacecraft).

P.S. If you haven\'t seen the stunning job by MESSENGER getting to Mercury, here it is http://youtu.be/GXEuQtpreXE imagine planning this with KSP!

[NovaSilisko]

Having one or more near-Kerbal asteroids in addition to any asteroid belt would be fantastic. The ability to try to re-create the successful NEAR Shoemaker mission http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker and nearly failed Hayabusa mission http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa_mission as well as upcoming missions like OSIRIS-REx <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa_2 would be a fantastic challenge. A comet would also be super cool but would require the formation of a coma at the right time to reproduce the STARDUST mission http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(spacecraft).

P.S. If you haven\'t seen the stunning job by MESSENGER getting to Mercury, here it is http://youtu.be/GXEuQtpreXE imagine planning this with KSP!

I still need to update this thread fully, but I need a break from this first. Everything blew up in my face.

[Aynrayne]

Hey Nova.

Khe Kire Ktar

Kiberius

Kve

KKerbin.

That will be all, thankyou.

[NovaSilisko]

Hey Nova.

Khe Kire Ktar

Kiberius

Kve

KKerbin.

That will be all, thankyou.

Don\'t push your luck.