Ksp Eclipse

[CG_Kerbin]

Solar Eclipse

I Just Recently saw a solar eclipse And i wanted to know if lots of other people in ksp have seen one?

and how often they appear Usually?

and is there other solar eclipse in ksp e.g. Ike?

[TheCanadianVendingMachine]

On Kerbin, these happen once a Kerbal Month. Because Kerbin has no axial tilt

[CG_Kerbin]

On Kerbin, these happen once a Kerbal Month. Because Kerbin has no axial tilt

I dint know kerbin has no axial tilt thank you

[Eddyisrich403]

I saw one a few months ago and this was just a few days into my new save.

[Redd]

Haven't seen a complete lunar eclipse I think, but I've had a few cool looking partial ones.

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And of course, floating around without steering and missing your manouver node because of an eclipse is fun as well. A full eclipse I think I've only seen when I was in space somewhere and the earth blocked the sun.

[Eddyisrich403]

And of course, floating around without steering and missing your manouver node because of an eclipse is fun as well. A full eclipse I think I've only seen when I was in space somewhere and the earth blocked the sun.

Never seen that happen before. LOL

[Kasuha]

On Kerbin, these happen once a Kerbal Month. Because Kerbin has no axial tilt

It has nothing to do with axial tilt. Mun orbit has no inclination relative to Kerbin's orbit around Sun, so Mun eclipses the sun every time it gets there. Sometimes it is pretty annoying.

[Alshain]

Haven't seen a complete lunar eclipse I think, but I've had a few cool looking partial ones.

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And of course, floating around without steering and missing your manouver node because of an eclipse is fun as well. A full eclipse I think I've only seen when I was in space somewhere and the earth blocked the sun.

That's a solar eclipse. Lunar eclipse is when Kerbin falls between the sun and the mun, which I don't think actually renders in KSP from the ground does it?

Even then "Solar" and "Lunar" specifically refer to our sun (Sol) and our moon (Luna), so that's not really correct either. Kerbolar and Munar?

[Motokid600]

I just wish they casted shadows...

[Redd]

That's a solar eclipse. Lunar eclipse is when Kerbin falls between the sun and the mun, which I don't think actually renders in KSP from the ground does it?

Even then "Solar" and "Lunar" specifically refer to our sun (Sol) and our moon (Luna), so that's not really correct either. Kerbolar and Munar?

Woops, my bad. At least I learned something today, heheh.

[CG_Kerbin]

Woops, my bad. At least I learned something today, heheh.

same dint know half this stuff thank you

[Alshain]

Woops, my bad. At least I learned something today, heheh.

Sometimes it's a curse and ignorance is bliss. It drives me crazy when I read some media article saying something like "NASA found a new earth like planet in a far off solar system." No they didn't there is only one Solar system and that is the one around Sol.

[CG_Kerbin]

Sometimes it's a curse and ignorance is bliss. It drives me crazy when I read some media article saying something like "NASA found a new earth like planet in a far off solar system." No they didn't there is only one Solar system and that is the one around Sol.

So true so true

[Curveball Anders]

That's a solar eclipse. Lunar eclipse is when Kerbin falls between the sun and the mun, which I don't think actually renders in KSP from the ground does it?

Even then "Solar" and "Lunar" specifically refer to our sun (Sol) and our moon (Luna), so that's not really correct either. Kerbolar and Munar?

I did get a Lunar/Munar ecplipse when I needed one the least.

Was wondering why my first Munar rover was out of electricity (yes I had fitted solar panels, this time) until I realized that I was in a currently dark area of the Mun.

Well, fast forward and wait for some nice rays.

Well, Doh! There's bleeping Kerbin blocking them!

So I had to wait a bit longer.

[Alshain]

I did get a Lunar/Munar ecplipse when I needed one the least.

Was wondering why my first Munar rover was out of electricity (yes I had fitted solar panels, this time) until I realized that I was in a currently dark area of the Mun.

Well, fast forward and wait for some nice rays.

Well, Doh! There's bleeping Kerbin blocking them!

So I had to wait a bit longer.

Yes, you can get one from the surface of the Mun, but I don't think celestial bodies cast shadows in KSP, so you will never see one from the surface of Kerbin.

[Aragosnat]

Yeah. Mün is a real fun one to have an eclipse. =^.^= But, any Moon or planet that crosses inbetween the sun and saide other object you can get some eclipses going. Yes. Ships can cause eclipses to if yer close enough and have a big enough craft.

[KerikBalm]

So true so true

Umm, while I hate the "earth-like" hype, there is no problem with what they said.

Just as there is a distinction betwee "a moon" and "the moon" (ie Earth's moon), there is a distinction between "the solar system" and "a solar system"

The moon is called "the moon", but we can talk of other moons around other planets, like titan is "a" moon of Saturn.

The same thing is true for "the sun", and "a sun" (basically refering to the star at which a specified planet revolves around).

So an extra solar planet would have "a" sun, and it would be "a" solar system, just not "the" solar system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet

Note they specify "Earth's sun", because to other worlds, another star may be a sun.

Most times, planetary system may substitute - but we can also talk of solar systems that lack planets - perhaps still surrondeded by an accretion disk/in the process of planetary formation/ only surrounded by debris/asteroid/comet belts.

[Alshain]

Umm, while I hate the "earth-like" hype, there is no problem with what they said.

Just as there is a distinction betwee "a moon" and "the moon" (ie Earth's moon), there is a distinction between "the solar system" and "a solar system"

The moon is called "the moon", but we can talk of other moons around other planets, like titan is "a" moon of Saturn.

The same thing is true for "the sun", and "a sun" (basically refering to the star at which a specified planet revolves around).

So an extra solar planet would have "a" sun, and it would be "a" solar system, just not "the" solar system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet

Note they specify "Earth's sun", because to other worlds, another star may be a sun.

Most times, planetary system may substitute - but we can also talk of solar systems that lack planets - perhaps still surrondeded by an accretion disk/in the process of planetary formation/ only surrounded by debris/asteroid/comet belts.

"The moon" is contextual. "The sun" is contextual. "The solar system" is not, it's referring to the only one. The Solar System is a planetary system and there are many planetary systems, but only one called Solar.

The difference is the Moon's proper name is not Moon. Sol however is a proper name.

Edited August 25, 2014 by Alshain

[Motokid600]

Isn't the Moon's proper name Luna?

[Alshain]

Isn't the Moon's proper name Luna?

Yes Luna in Latin, Selene in Greek.

Well I'm doing some reading out of curiosity and I may be wrong on this one. I guess "the Moon" is considered a proper name in English, so yeah, maybe the same could be said for the Solar System I guess. Mea Culpa.

[KerikBalm]

If using "solar" as a name, as in "the solar system", there is only 1.

If using "solar" as an adjactive, as in a solar system, as in a system of things revolving around a start that is thus a sun (latin for sun = sol) to them, then its fine.

[UmbralRaptor]

They happen about every 141,114 s (A bit over 39 hours, or 6.5 Kerbin days, or 1.6 earth days). If you're at a point on Kerbin's equator, you can expect to spend something like 0.25% of the time with Kerbol at least partially eclipsed. (It would be more, but night happens)

Or more simply, all the time.

[SorryDave]

Every Duna day, Ike occults the star that Duna orbits resulting in an eclipse.

It's starts getting cumbersome using earth based naming conventions.

According to the IAU definition there are only eight planets in the entire universe.

You can add exo- in front of most things, but kerbals may disagree.

Maybe the Kerbal Astronomical Union defines Pluto as one of nine exo-planets circling a far away star.