Munar orbital limbo

[NeverDrinkBleach]

WARNING: I SWEAR PROFUSELY AND INVOLUNTARILY.

It\'s a side effect of being scottish.

True dat.

[tofof]

I just got down to 340 and survived, didnt even hit anything

Oh, is it not required to do a circular orbit? I\'ve been making this challenge FAR more difficult than it needs to be o.o

[semininja]

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Animated .png? I\'m familiar with animated .gif\'s, but .png\'s I\'ve never heard of.

[Zool]

Oh, is it not required to do a circular orbit? I\'ve been making this challenge FAR more difficult than it needs to be o.o

People can post whatever they want, but the challenge is for the lowest apoapsis, not preiapsis.

[Damonjay]

Well, considering how much ground you cover in a single orbit and how uniformly the ground is mountainous, I would say that whatever is the highest confirmed peak is also pretty close to the lowest circular orbit you can manage without lithobraking events.

If you want to prove me wrong on that, go ahead.. do a 580m circular orbit around the Mun. No dodging or dipping up/down along the way. set it, let it run full orbit or two. I\'ll accept +-10m for accuracy

currently in an orbit

highest point 708m and lowest is 613m - i dont dare get any more circular then that

[Damonjay]

610 has just been confirmed as 'too low'. i just collided with a mountain peak my orbit was 615-595

[qeveren]

Wow, 610m is too low? I\'m glad I stopped when I did, then. XD

[Damonjay]

695 is now confirmed too low. i will upload a pic soon

[One Winged Angel]

I\'m currently in a stable, nearly circular orbit around the Mun. Perapsis at 1700m, Apopasis 1900m, velocity 568 m/s. All of this was done without any orbit tables or anything, just shear dumb luck (and the orbit map 8)). Not sure if I want to land or go for a ~600m orbit .

[Panichio]

695 is now confirmed too low. i will upload a pic soon

Damn! What were you doing in space for 26 days? Was Jeb doing the calculations for the TMI :-\? Hmm?

[Ydoow]

582m is already confirmed 'too low' by another challenge; Finding the highest peak and setting down on it.

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=3922.msg43765

Well that all depends on your orbit angle. Maybe he was just lined up with a mountain, and by moving your orbit to the left/right you could avoid that mountain

[Robo336]

Damn! What were you doing in space for 26 days? Was Jeb doing the calculations for the TMI :-\? Hmm?

He\'s just taking the game -very- seriously...

oh and:

Almost made a full orbit but:

But I did learn one thing:

Stay away from the rim of the big craters...

...That\'s where you\'ll find the highest concentration of deadly peaks

[trbinsc]

Damn! What were you doing in space for 26 days? Was Jeb doing the calculations for the TMI :-\? Hmm?

Don\'t you see his wheels. He was driving.

[Damonjay]

Damn! What were you doing in space for 26 days? Was Jeb doing the calculations for the TMI :-\? Hmm?

my usual ritual is to orbit the Mun a few times correcting the small things so that i will land my hush puppy as close to a cluster of small mountains as i can.

[Alchemist]

My LowMunarStation. Trying to get 700 m orbit (why it transforms into 500-900? :-\)

Note the crash of the cruise stage.

Result - too many heap sections