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Revision as of 23:29, 20 September 2012
Jool is a gas giant and the fifth planet of the Kerbolar star system.
Characteristics
- Equatorial Radius: 6000 km
- Mass: 4.236e24 kg
- Density: 4.68 g/cm³
- Surface Gravity: 7.84 m/s² (0.8 Gs)
- Gravitational parameter: 2.8254e14 m³/s²
- Escape velocity from surface: 9704 m/s
- Sidereal Rotation Period: ... hours; Rotation: ... degrees per hour, or ... m/s at the equator
- Solar Day: ... hours, or ... hours, ... seconds.
- Synchronous Orbit altitude: ... km; Stationary Orbit velocity: ... m/s
Orbital Characteristics
- Semi-Major Axis: 6.87e10 m or 0.46 Astronomical Units (A.U.)
- Eccentricity: ...
- Inclination: 1.3°
- Velocity: ... m/s
- Argument of Periapsis: ...°
- Mean Anomaly at Epoch UT = ...
- Orbital Period: ... hours, or ... Earth days
- Sphere of influence: 2,455,985 km, or 409 body radii.
Atmosphere
Based upon the fact that Jool has a tenfold radius in comparison to kerbin, it can be assumed the atmosphere is also tenfold, possibly beginning at roughly 691 KM.
Natural Satellites
Jool has four natural satellites: the ocean moon Laythe, the ice moon Vall, the rocky moon Tylo and Bop. The Joolilean moons Laythe, Vall, and Tylo are in a Laplace resonance, with orbital periods of 1:2:4 respectively.
