Atmospheric and Mineral composition of Planets

[Patupi]

Kerbinium? Oh, I'm sorry. That should be Kerbinum. Only a tiny minority of Kerbals use that archaic word with the extra 'I'!

I agree with Brotoro though. Eveything other than the planetary masses seem consistent with our universe so it must be something to do with them. Perhaps the core of each world is in fact a quantum wormhole, channelling gravity in from other plane of existence? Or maybe all those crashed rockets gathered together in just the wrong configuration and tore a hole in reality, snapping to all masses beyond a certain threshold and magnifying their output... and... er... stabilizing the planetary orbits to match their new mass... Yeah, that.

Edited August 3, 2013 by Patupi

[p331083]

Plutonium is produced in supernova explosions just like uranium and other heavy elements are, so you could certainly find it there. But, because of its relatively short half life (compared to the time it takes to form a solar system and develop inteligent life that might be interested in plutonium) the plutonium in our solar system has decayed away long ago.

Plutonium actually exists in extremely small quantities inside Uranium ores.

[ccVikingcc]

The Laythe ocean rumours are based in the temprature allegedly not being high enough for water to exist without it, which I found strange: everywhere I go on Laythe seems to be about 4-6 degrees, which is above freezing...

I think its something to do with the gravitational pull between Jool and Laythe core the gravity from Jool pulling on laythe is heating up its core therefore keeping it at high temperatures suitable for water that's my theory

[footman04]

The purple colour of Eve's atmosphere could indicate some level of gasseous iodine. What kind of liquid could exist under such pressure, to make up entire oceans on it's surface?

[Armchair Rocket Scientist]

Hydrocarbons or molten sulfur seem like possibilities for Eve's oceans...

[KASAGD]

The purple colour of Eve's atmosphere could indicate some level of gasseous iodine. What kind of liquid could exist under such pressure, to make up entire oceans on it's surface?

hydrogen iodide

I think its something to do with the gravitational pull between Jupiter and Europa, the gravity from Jupiter pulling on Europa is heating up its subsurface therefore keeping it at high temperatures suitable for water that's NASA's theory

[Superfluous J]

I'm holding out hope that Jool, Kerbals, and Mystery Goo are all the same color for a reason.

[celem]

Mystery Goo is.........people!

No seriously...

I dont much care about the physical anomolies displayed by KSP's universe. As said a number of times in this thread, its only very loosely based on our own universe.

Like the OP however I do find myself wondering about the exact make up of the various planets. I would point out here that the other day I noticed KSP Interstellar mod has added gas and liquid chromatagraphs for determining makeup of the worlds we visit, presumably the creator has also defined these makeups since I dont think stock-KSP cares much beyond O2 needed jet propulsion, but it was a nice immersion touch. Never tried the mod, Im not too fond of the other elements of it, but I might try and fish those 2 parts out for the above reason alone.

I've always been tempted to make a custom sciencedefs file to make science 'serious'. While the flavor text is sometimes funny, I often find myself wishing that there was some actual data in the reports. An atmospheric analysis report that actually has the Kerbal/probe listing the components and ratios would be (imo) interesting to read. I got a touch of this already in vanilla with gravity scans, I found myself curious as to which biomes might report escalated activity and what that might tell me about the formation, age and condition of the body im orbiting. Goo and Materials reports are a good example of 'funny' sci reports, but since they are unlocked before atmospheric analysis I always wanted them to give atmospheric or radiation clues in a more logical, consistent fashion.

Im also working on tweaking the new Scoop-O-Matic mod (forgotten author, sorry!) to give me mineral readouts, since I love that automated shovel idea for sampling and this would be a somewhat logical way to get a first idea of the makeup of a world. I also very recently spotted FlowerChild's BTSM modpack has some kind of drop-probe that I wouldnt mind adapting into a simple impactor experiment.

tl;dr I want to be able to discover what they are made of, but dont much care exactly what it is

[kupsna]

On 2013-12-31 at 11:34 AM, celem said:

..  KSP Interstellar mod has added gas and liquid chromatagraphs for determining makeup of the worlds we visit, presumably the creator has also defined these makeups since I dont think stock-KSP cares much beyond O2 needed jet propulsion, but it was a nice immersion touch. Never tried the mod, Im not too fond of the other elements of it, but I might try and fish those 2 parts out for the above reason alone.

In interstellar, you could propel a nuclear-ramjet-powered craft with the atmosphere and knowing it's composition before sending a large mission would be nice, so you have an idea about what kind of thrust you will get. The gas chromatagraph on an advance probe and write down the data would be the true way to do it I guess The atmospheric scoops also give atmosphere composition, I'm planning on sending a mission to Jool just to check by refueling.

[James Kerman]

Greetings @kupsna.  This is a really old thread and the user you quoted has not been online since 1 November 2015 (you can get this information by hovering your mouse over a users avatar).