Planet Size Comparison Graphic

[Promii]

I made this primarily to get an intuitive sense of the relative size of the planets and moons of the Kerbol system. I was surprised how large Laythe is. Bop is also larger than I assumed.

[Lazro]

This is genius.

[Conarr]

Just curious, how'd you come up with the relative distances?

[Promii]

Just curious, how'd you come up with the relative distances?

Just trusting the official Wiki to be correct about the equatorial radii. I should probably verify with the new info panels in-game.

[MmPMSFmM]

Looks cool!

[Canopus]

Ike is really that small compared to the Mun?

[Conarr]

Ike is really that small compared to the Mun?

Laythe is the one that kills me. I had no idea

[MmPMSFmM]

Neither did I. I always thought Gilly and Bop were equally big.

[Sᴄɪɴᴛɪʟʟᴀᴛᴏʀ]

Wow, Laythe is...big. I guess it makes sense, oxygen is a relatively light gas so a body would need a decent amount of gravity to maintain an atmosphere with a lot of it.

[Canopus]

When i think about now Jool is massive but still just the same size as earth.

[Tada]

I´m surprised that Eve is bigger than Kerbin.

[Canopus]

I´m surprised that Eve is bigger than Kerbin.

Well that and its thick atmosphere makes Eve such a challenge to take of from.

[kahlzun]

Weirdly, if you look at the wiki, Tylo, Laythe and Jool all have the same gravity (7.85 ms)

[Canopus]

Weirdly, if you look at the wiki, Tylo, Laythe and Jool all have the same gravity (7.85 ms)

Jool has a low density.

[Felsmak]

Wow, I didn't know Vall was the size of Duna!

[Promii]

Comparison to our own Solar System scaled so that Earth = Kerbin. Got pretty cluttered at the low end of the scale so I didn't include anything smaller than Uranus' moon Titania. I will note that Gilly is about the size of Neptune's moon Nereid and still way bigger than Phobos or Deimos at this scale.

Edited June 5, 2013 by Promii

[Tripod27]

I never knew mars/duna were that small...

Always thought they were something like 70-80% the size of earth/kerbin, not 25-35%

[MmPMSFmM]

It's only like 50% of the diameter but still, it really is small.

[Tripod27]

It's only like 50% of the diameter but still, it really is small.

I was sorta measuring by area, which is stupid considering planets are spheres, not circles, but I'm guessing the overall volume difference would be about the same as area? #Ihavenoclue

[Promii]

It's about 30% the surface area and 15% the volume. Mars has the a similar land area to Earth, but Earth is of course 70% ocean.

[kyle.mk.howard]

It is funny how long everyone has been playing the game and never sat down and thought about this before.

Are you guys really that surprised?