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The '''gas planet 2''' (abbreviated '''GP2''') was a proposed [[planet]] outside the orbit of [[Jool]]. It was planned to make the current [[dwarf planet]] [[Eeloo]] the innermost of four major moons. Like its current sister planet, Jool, it was planned to have "At least 20" smaller moons orbiting it.<ref name="nova june" /> This gas planet would most likely have been the Kerbal counterpart of Saturn. | The '''gas planet 2''' (abbreviated '''GP2''') was a proposed [[planet]] outside the orbit of [[Jool]]. It was planned to make the current [[dwarf planet]] [[Eeloo]] the innermost of four major moons. Like its current sister planet, Jool, it was planned to have "At least 20" smaller moons orbiting it.<ref name="nova june" /> This gas planet would most likely have been the Kerbal counterpart of Saturn. | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | Gas planet 2 (no official name given | + | Gas planet 2 (no official name given) was a potential planet to be located outside [[Jool]]'s orbit. It might have rings, as it's real life counterpart, Saturn, has them. In the prototype picture it shows that the planet has a mostly bluish hue. |
== Naming == | == Naming == | ||
| − | + | Only the names of the four major moons are known. It is assumed that the list given is from the innermost to the outermost moon: | |
* [[Eeloo]]: Planned to be moved to orbit the new planet. There would be geysers on it that could knock vessels away. | * [[Eeloo]]: Planned to be moved to orbit the new planet. There would be geysers on it that could knock vessels away. | ||
* Daphy: A very small asteroid covered in "Fluff" that was collected from GP2's rings. It would be located within the rings themselves. | * Daphy: A very small asteroid covered in "Fluff" that was collected from GP2's rings. It would be located within the rings themselves. | ||
Revision as of 16:02, 8 March 2022
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| Orbit | Outside of Jool | |
| Equatorial radius | Estimated 9000 km | |
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NOTICE: This planet never will be implemented in the game, as 1.12 has been confirmed to be the last major update.
The gas planet 2 (abbreviated GP2) was a proposed planet outside the orbit of Jool. It was planned to make the current dwarf planet Eeloo the innermost of four major moons. Like its current sister planet, Jool, it was planned to have "At least 20" smaller moons orbiting it.[1] This gas planet would most likely have been the Kerbal counterpart of Saturn.
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Description
Gas planet 2 (no official name given) was a potential planet to be located outside Jool's orbit. It might have rings, as it's real life counterpart, Saturn, has them. In the prototype picture it shows that the planet has a mostly bluish hue.
Naming
Only the names of the four major moons are known. It is assumed that the list given is from the innermost to the outermost moon:
- Eeloo: Planned to be moved to orbit the new planet. There would be geysers on it that could knock vessels away.
- Daphy: A very small asteroid covered in "Fluff" that was collected from GP2's rings. It would be located within the rings themselves.
- Potatus: Another small moon. It will have a high inclination relative to GP2. It will rotate extremely fast and be shaped like an oblate spheroid. It would have been white.
- Fonso: Will be about 300KM across, and will be the second moon to hold an atmosphere, which will be two atmospheres dense. The extremely mountainous surface will have peaks that stretch into the vacuum.
Trivia
- Several mods exist to add GP2 or similar planets into the game.
- Kerbol Origins and Kerbol Plus Remade both add light-blue ringed gas giants as the second Gas Planet in the system. Kerbol Origins has some moons which are based on the original ideas.
- The popular Outer Planets Mod has two objects which can be considered "GP2"
- Sarnus, the actual second Gas Giant in the system, has had Eeloo moved to orbit it, and it has rings. It also has a couple of ring-fluff moons: Hale and Ovok.
- Urlum, the third giant planet and first Ice Giant in the system, uses a texture that has been inspired by the one released picture of GP2. It also has (very thin) rings and several moons.
- The very first planet mod, Planet Factory (now known as Sentar Expansion) had some GP2-like features:
- A deep blue gas giant with rings called Sentar.
- A moon that rotates extremely fast (faster than orbital velocity, in fact) called Inaccessible.
- An atmospheric planet with a mountain that reaches out into space, called Skelton.
- In a later post about redesigning the solar system [2], NovaSilisko did not mention a second gas giant, only a hyperterran called Mez. This would have rotated at a very high velocity and have been lens shaped. The planet seems to be based on Mesklin from Hal Clement's A Mission of Gravity.
- Several of the changes to the solar system suggested by NovaSilisko have been made in-game in the mod Revamped Stock Solar System.
- GP2's bluish tint implies that it may have been an ice giant planet, rather than a jovian planet.
See Also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Post in the forum by NovaSilisko
- ↑ Post in the forum by NovaSilisko
