Astronomical Units in KSP

[Iforgotthis]

I recently downloaded KSP Interstellar. One of the pieces talks about scanning the early universe, and something about being placed on a 550 AU orbit around Kerbol. SO I was wondering, how far out is 1 AU? How far is 550 AU? I have decided to make it my goal to get a satellite into a 550 AU orbit (as soon as I know how large that orbit is...).

Thanks for your time!

[Dkmdlb]

1 AU is the distance from Kerbol to Kerbin.

[vetrox]

Is an AU in KSP interstellar different to an IRL AU?

In the SOL system its the average distance from the earth to the sun. According to google that is 149 597 871KM

[Iforgotthis]

Interesting... so 550 AU is quite large then... This is going to take some planning...

EDIT: Kerbin's orbit around the sun is 13,599,840 km. So a 550 AU orbit will be 7,479,912,000 km. That's only 7479 Gm... how hard could it be...?

Edited April 24, 2014 by Iforgotthis

[Sirrobert]

Interesting... so 550 AU is quite large then... This is going to take some planning...

EDIT: Kerbin's orbit around the sun is 13,599,840 km. So a 550 AU orbit will be 7,479,912,000 km. That's only 7479 Gm... how hard could it be...?

AU is the avarage distance TO the sun. Not it's orbit

A real AU is 1.4960×10^11 meters

[Red Iron Crown]

AU is the avarage distance TO the sun. Not it's orbit

A real AU is 1.4960×10^11 meters

I think the average distance to the sun is the same as the orbit in KSP. IIRC, Kerbin's orbit is perfectly circular.

[BudgetHedgehog]

All I can remember from doing that is that I needed infinite fuel (this was before I realised I could use a gravity assist fro Kerbol to Jool to get the height required) and the journey to apoapsis would have taken years and years. It was a lot further out than I imagined (also, I got really annoyed at the fact that everywhere in KSP, distances are in km, but in Interstellar, it's AU.. would it be so difficult to use km? )