Planetary Symbols for the Kerbol System?

[justidutch]

I would make the Kerbin one an exploding something

[lincourtl]

My contribution:

http://www.sidnaw.org/kerbal/kau.png

Nice! I like this set the best.

[Alshain]

This thread is turning out great. Squad should hold a contest like they did with company logos and make the winners official and appear in game somehow.

[TimberWolffe]

This thread is turning out great. Squad should hold a contest like they did with company logos and make the winners official and appear in game somehow.

thanks, I spent over 30,000 hours in MSPaint doing mine

[EdFred]

I would make the Kerbin one an exploding something

Well, Kerbin is a rocket. My thought process behind each of the symbols was:

Moho - It's the fastest orbiting body, so it got the motion lines

Eve - a diamond as I assume it shines like Venus does.

Kerbin - as stated, rockets.

Mun - always eclipses Kerbol, so the double circle.

Minmus - it's a wrapped mint.

Duna - with Ike.

Dres - the canyon for the double lines.

Jool - 5 moons as dots

Eeloo - cracked ice (also somewhat of an EVH reference)

Nice! I like this set the best.

Thanks!

[ArmchairGravy]

Dres: No symbol. Dres is always overlooked.

This is perfect!

[MarcRan17]

I did this a long time ago, and once used the symbols in craft names to keep them short.

Ѳ = Sun

á´ª = Moho

ÑŽ = Eve

ü = Gilly

ʘ = Kerbin

áµ¾ = Mun

Ô“ = Minmus

ÒŸ = Duna

ᶓ = Ike

á´• = Magic Boulder

ê = Dres

ä = Jool

δ = Laythe

Ѫ = Vall

Ѧ = Tylo

Ò¨ = Bop

ᶑ = Pol

â‚  = Eeloo

These are really good! I like how they even look inspired by our symbols.

[MarcRan17]

My contribution:

http://www.sidnaw.org/kerbal/kau.png

These are really neat! Same kind of style as the Solar System's symbols, but with that characteristic Kerbal flare.

[AlexinTokyo]

For anyone who's interested, I've listed the Unicode character codes and names for bsalis' symbols.

Symbol	Body	Unicode	Unicode Name
Ѳ	Sun	0x0472	Cyrillic Capital Letter Fita
á´ª	Moho	0x1d2a	Greek Letter Small Capital Psi
ÑŽ	Eve	0x044e	Cyrillic Small Letter Yu
ü	Gilly	0x03fc	Greek Rho With Stroke Symbol
ʘ	Kerbin	0x0298	Latin Letter Bilabial Click
áµ¾	Mun	0x1d7e	Latin Small Capital Letter U With Stroke
Ô“	Minmus	0x0513	Cyrillic Small Letter El With Hook
ÒŸ	Duna	0x049f	Cyrillic Small Letter Ka With Stroke
ᶓ	Ike	0x1d93	Latin Small Letter Open E With Retroflex Hook
á´•	M.B.	0x1d15	Latin Letter Small Capital Ou
ê	Dres	0x03ea	Coptic Capital Letter Gangia
ä	Jool	0x0424	Cyrillic Capital Letter Ef
δ	Laythe	0x03b4	Greek Small Letter Delta
Ѫ	Vall	0x046a	Cyrillic Capital Letter Big Yus
Ѧ	Tylo	0x0466	Cyrillic Capital Letter Little Yus
Ò¨	Bop	0x04a8	Cyrillic Capital Letter Abkhasian Ha
ᶑ	Pol	0x1d91	Latin Small Letter D With Hook And Tail
â‚ 	Eeloo	0x20a0	Euro-Currency Sign

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

IMO those Signs are at all not cryptic enough.

If we really want to come up with something authentic, we have to put ourselfes into the Position of a stargazing kerbal. Not knowing what is out there.

They dont use our Alphabet nor are they aware of what those Planets and Moons actually look like (except for mixing them up with dust particles on their telescopes).

Those symbols have to be dated back into Kedieval Times when those magically moving lights Overhead are supposed to be gods that could bring life and death.

Moho:

Moho figures in Kerbal mythology as a fiery place with oceans of flowing lava. In reality, however, it's much less interesting.

Scientists speculate about possible ways to make it awesome like in the stories. Some of those ideas have led to new breakthroughs in aerospace technology.

Duna:

Also known as the red dot that you can see if you squint at it really hard, Duna has long been a wonder to Kerbalkind.

The planet has been held in much awe due to its striking red color and stark contrast to the color green.

Jool:

Jool is particularly known for being a rather large, predominantly green planet. Kerbalkind has longed to visit it since it was first spotted in the sky.

Philosophers reason that the swirling green planet must be a really nice place to visit, on account of its wholesome coloration.

Start dreaming in a different Mind

Edited September 25, 2014 by MalfunctionM1Ke

[Fiddlestyx]

Screw the International Astronomical Union. You are not supposed to vote on science, you are supposed to do it. The video of Pluto losing it's status made me lose all faith in science.

My contribution:

-snip-

These are cool, especially Jool and Duna.

[KSPACE]

All the symbols should include their most notable feature.

Basic Examples: 

Moho - Mohole

Duna - Poles

Dres - Canyon 

Jool - Moons

[GrandProtectorDark]

Not a symbol suggestion but Kopernicus for 1.5 and upwards, allows to make custom planet icon images to replace the colored dots in the mapview. So One could actually put those symbols into the game.

Edited October 31, 2018 by GrandProtectorDark

[Pds314]

On 9/23/2014 at 1:39 PM, cantab said:

Well, I had a quick go at them. Mainly going off the flavour text in the game.

Moho: A flaming volcano.

Eve: A well. As in gravity well, geddit.

Kerbin: A circled K.

Duna: An unequal dumbbell, representing Duna and Ike.

Dres: No symbol. Dres is always overlooked.

Jool: A monogram of JV, for Jool and its V (5) moons.

Eeloo: An ice-cube in a glass.

Mun: A depiction of the Mun's nearside.

Minmus: A screen with a dead pixel.

The other moons don't get symbols because they wouldn't have been known in Kerbal antiquity. Though if the game is to be believed no celestials were known in Kerbal antiquity.

I'm not sure that's completely the case to be honest.

Duna passes within 7 million km of Kerbin. Ike is 260 km across. If Kerbal eyes are equally sensitive to human eyes, it would be about as visible to them as Mars is when it's not at closests approach for us. Not to mention it would be noticeably separated from Duna even to the naked eye. Tylo would also be visible to the naked eye and very clearly distinct from Jool.

 

Indeed, if your symbols represent antiquity on Kerbin, then you'd pretty much have to assume Ike and all 5 Jool moons were known.

Edited November 1, 2018 by Pds314

[KSPACE]

All KSP analogs for real planets should, in some way, relate to their real life counterparts' planetary symbols. 

Edited November 7, 2018 by KSPACE
Forgot to complete thought

[SystemPlanningCorporation]

Did anyone actually make this into a Kopernicus Icon Pack?

Considering doing something like it with compatibility for OPM and such

I worked on an icon pack for RSS once

Edited April 20, 2020 by "Our Benefactors"