.17 Planet and Moon Scale [Image]

[tijaiha]

Tossed this together this afternoon as a quick mock up for another project and thought it was neat, so I figured I'd share it. Assuming all the data on the wiki is correct, this is the current (.17) "Kerbol" solar system celestial body diameter comparison. Distances between bodies are not to scale.

v2:

Added Earth and Moon by request.

Trying a different layout/zoom for a better representation of Gilly.

http://i.imgur.com/nVwJc.png (4988x988)

v1:

http://i.imgur.com/f3LsO.png (2076x868)

Edited September 28, 2012 by tijaiha

[KAO]

Gilly is smaller than Bop?

[spikeyhat09]

lets see gilly compared to the sun...

[simplemunrockets]

Yes. FAR smaller. Gilly is only 23 km in diameter, Bop is 130 km. For comparison, Minmus is 120 km and the Mun is 400 km.

[Commander Zoom]

Great diagram! Two nits:

1: Might as well label the sun "Kerbol" (its proper name).

2: I'd like to see Gilly on the same scale as the rest, even if it's just a single-pixel dot. (If it is there already, it's anti-aliased to invisibility - try making it darker?)

[honza97]

is kerbol really so large??

[stargazer1235]

Yes, Yes it is. The reason kerbol looks small in the game is because of the your distance away from it. By the just a small note kerbol isn't actually its name. It was a name that was created on the fourm and not by Squad but I agree that they should use kerbol instead of sun as the name.

[Felsmak]

2: I'd like to see Gilly on the same scale as the rest, even if it's just a single-pixel dot. (If it is there already, it's anti-aliased to invisibility - try making it darker?)

If you look very closely, it's there. It's just so small it can almost be mistaken for a speck on the screen.

[RC1062]

1: Might as well label the sun "Kerbol" (its proper name).

Actually 'Kerbol' is now labelled as 'Sun' if you tab to it.

[erkha343]

Great diagram! Two nits:

1: Might as well label the sun "Kerbol" (its proper name).

2: I'd like to see Gilly on the same scale as the rest, even if it's just a single-pixel dot. (If it is there already, it's anti-aliased to invisibility - try making it darker?)

Actually it's not, it's the Sun

[Derpinson]

Tylo is bigger then i expected

[Commander Zoom]

1. I didn't know that. That's... unfortunate, IMO. As I said, it has a name.

2. See my parenthetical.

[draeath]

Is Jool a gas giant? That thing is HUGE!

[LaydeeDem]

Is Jool a gas giant? That thing is HUGE!

Yes. We have gas giants now.

[Yeomans]

Is Jool a gas giant? That thing is HUGE!

Jool is pretty much the analogue of Jupiter in KSP so far. If you look closely, you can even see a storm that's similar to the great red spot on our jupiter.

[Jay_Em]

Wow, this is great. Is Tylo really as big as Kerbin? I really should go there...

[sirmoldycheese]

The scale for this image may be a little off. I tabulated circular orbit velocities for most of the current bodies at 100km, and here's what I got:

Tylo- 2009m/s

Kerbin- 2248

Mun-466

Minmus- 105

Moho- 837

Eve- 3196

Duna- 847

Ike-284

Laythe- 1808

Vall- 720

Bop-122

Given that orbital velocity at 100km is related to each world's gravitational parameter, this gives us a way to guesstimate each world's radius- assuming density is constant.

Problem is, I've forgotten the formula!!

[Richy teh space man]

Great pic, its suprising to see just how big Jools moons really are..

[draeath]

assuming density is constant.

Doesn't this throw the number you get then right into the trash?

[AlternNocturn]

I always thought it was strange that Laythe and Tylo had Kerbin's gravity. But seeing how big they truly are compared to the homeworld, geez. Suddenly those numbers don't look so weird... Also, I guess this pretty much destroys the notion that Kerbol (I like that name so I'm still using it. ) is a red dwarf. A dwarf wouldn't dwarf (pun intended) its own planetary system like that. It looks more like a red giant, which if you think of it that way, the Kerbol system has only maybe one or two billion years left. No wonder the Kerbals are trying frantically to get into space.

[draeath]

The distances are not to scale, only the sizing. The planets are quite far away from Kerbol.

[Koschei]

Could you put Earth in there, just for comparison? Maybe Luna as well?

[tijaiha]

*snip*

2: I'd like to see Gilly *snip* (If it is there already, it's anti-aliased to invisibility - try making it darker?)

It is there, just barely visible. I darkened her up to a black dot and it didn't seem to help much. I am uploading another much larger version with a different zoom. Hopefully it helps

Could you put Earth in there, just for comparison? Maybe Luna as well?

Sure thing.

Updating first post with version 2.

[OrtwinS]

Very nice picture, well done!

Our Earth is bigger than that supposed gas 'giant' Jool... Now put Jupiter in .

[Sherlock21st]

And I thought Jool was huge!!! (Looking at v2)