psyper Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 First discovered by the Kerbal Scientific Optical Network.It orbits the sun at a 90 degree angle relative to Kerbals plane - therefore at its closest approach to Kerbal (or any other planet) it will pass over the north or south pole.It will pass close over the solar system plane but outside all of the planets SOI will pass close to the sun, moho or eve (not sure which) and will then shoot back out well past Dres/Jol slightly below the solar system plane. So its trajectory is slightly asymmetrical. - as it wont interact or collide with any other celestial body it can therefore be put on rails along with all the other planets.It will speed up as it approaches the inner planets and slow down as it travels out in to deep space (not sure if the rails model can account for this).It has a decent gravitational well maybe stronger than Mun?Cometry tail optional (something to be added when rings and clouds come in to play.It will not have a low resonance with any planets (such as 1:1 or 1:2 etc) but will have predictable close encounters with the other planets (once its orbital duration is worked out I'm pretty sure most experts here will be able to work out when it will come close to such-n-such planet for an orbital transfer).Although getting the delta-v for the comet would take a lot from Kerbal KSON's gravitational pull will help save some delta-v to get to other planets so it might be a good option to use the comet to hitch-hike to other planets - also getting a permanent base on a comet would be pretty awesome - a fuel depot in low comet orbit passing through the solar system would be pretty sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasuha Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Sticky: [Official] What not to suggest?The universe...New stars, planets, moons and asteroidsI'm quite sure comets fall into that category, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasmic Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Squad has said that they might add a comet at some point, after they've added more gas giants and planets. They said so in their AMA thread on /r/IAmA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vexx32 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Aye, their response basically boiled down to "let's finish the big things before throwing in the tiny ones".As this is also (pretty much) on the WNTS List, as Kasuha mentioned (yes, comets are not specifically mentioned, but they're basically small, flimsy, mostly-water asteroids), I'm gonna lock this, okay? Okay. Locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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