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== Orbits == | == Orbits == | ||
| − | Eeloo's distant, eccentric and inclined orbit, in addition to its low gravity, make encounters challenging. Its distance from [[Kerbin]] also tends to make missions very lengthy. | + | Eeloo's distant, eccentric, and inclined orbit, in addition to its low gravity, make encounters challenging. Its distance from [[Kerbin]] also tends to make missions very lengthy. |
| − | A synchronous orbit around Eeloo is possible | + | A synchronous orbit around Eeloo is possible at an altitude of ~683.9 km. |
== Future == | == Future == | ||
Revision as of 17:45, 6 April 2018
| Eeloo | ||
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| Eeloo as seen from orbit. | ||
| Dwarf planet of Kerbol | ||
| Orbital Characteristics | ||
| Semi-major axis | 90 118 820 000 m [Note 1] | |
| Apoapsis | 113 549 713 200 m [Note 1] | |
| Periapsis | 66 687 926 800 m [Note 1] | |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.26 | |
| Orbital inclination | 6.15 ° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 260 ° | |
| Longitude of the ascending node | 50 ° | |
| Mean anomaly | 3.14 rad (at 0s UT) | |
| Sidereal orbital period | 156 992 048 s | |
| 7 268 d 0 h 54 m 8.4 s | ||
| Synodic orbital period | 9 776 696.3 s | |
| Orbital velocity | 2 764 - 4 706 m/s | |
| Physical Characteristics | ||
| Equatorial radius | 210 000 m | |
| Equatorial circumference | 1 319 469 m | |
| Surface area | 5.5417694×1011 m2 | |
| Mass | 1.1149224×1021 kg | |
| Standard gravitational parameter | 7.4410815×1010 m3/s2 | |
| Density | 28 740.754 kg/m3 | |
| Surface gravity | 1.69 m/s2 (0.172 g) | |
| Escape velocity | 841.83 m/s | |
| Sidereal rotation period | 19 460.000 s | |
| 5 h 24 m 20 s | ||
| Solar day | 19 462.412 s | |
| 5 h 24 m 22.4 s | ||
| Sidereal rotational velocity | 67.804 m/s | |
| Synchronous orbit | 683.69 km | |
| Sphere of influence | 1.1908294×108 m [Note 1] | |
| Atmospheric Characteristics | ||
| Atmosphere present | No | |
| Scientific multiplier | ||
| Surface | 15 | |
| Splashed | N/A | |
| Near space | 12 | |
| Outer space | 10 | |
| Recovery | 10 | |
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Eeloo is a dwarf planet that was released in version 0.18.2 as a Christmas gift to the KSP community. It is the seventh and farthest planet from Kerbol most of the time, though its orbit intersects Jool's, passing in front of it for a minority of its revolution period.
Eeloo has just 3.5% more gravity than the Mun and is very similar in size. Like the Mun, it has no atmosphere. The physical characteristics of Eeloo are most likely an analogue of the ice moon Europa, and its orbit is similar to that of Pluto, though both bodies are known to have a tenuous atmosphere.
Eeloo's relatively large distance from Kerbol reduces solar power to approximately 4% at Eeloo periapsis and 1.4% at Eeloo apoapsis of the values seen at Kerbin. Bringing additional panels, or an alternate powersource (e.g.: RTGs) is recommended.
There is a tutorial about How to get to Eeloo.
Contents
In-game Description
| “ | There’s been a considerable amount of controversy around the status of Eeloo as being a proper planet or a just “lump of ice going around the Sun”. The debate is still ongoing, since most academic summits held to address the issue have devolved into, on good days, petty name calling, and on worse ones, all-out brawls. | ” |
Topography
The surface of Eeloo is relatively smooth and covered in gray-white ice, with deep canyons exposing the brownish rock below. A few craters are visible, but not nearly as one might expect for a body without an atmosphere. Its highest points are near the equator and are almost 3.9 km high, while the lower areas can go lower than sea level.
Eeloo's surface lacks ground scatter, suggesting the ice on the surface is subject to erosion of some sort.
Biomes
Eeloo has a total of 11 biomes.
Biome list
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Orbits
Eeloo's distant, eccentric, and inclined orbit, in addition to its low gravity, make encounters challenging. Its distance from Kerbin also tends to make missions very lengthy.
A synchronous orbit around Eeloo is possible at an altitude of ~683.9 km.
Future
There were plans for Eeloo to become the moon of a second gas planet and have an active surface, with cryovolcanic phenomena.[1][2] It is unknown what Eeloo's parent planet was intended to look like, but according to former developer NovaSilisko Eeloo was to be the innermost moon of three other major moons.[2]
Trivia
- Eeloo actually had an atmosphere at first, but it has since been removed because the renderer for it doesn't work on bodies smaller than about Duna's size.[3]
- Jool can sometimes be seen lingering in the sky from Eeloo. This is unique among the planets in the Kerbol system because of both body's orbits and the sheer size of Jool. However, the two planets are in a 3:2 orbital resonance, and coupled with differing inclination, the planets never collide. At most, Jool will appear to be only a few pixels wide when viewed from Eeloo.
- Eeloo's in-game description references the controversy regarding the planetary status of real life dwarf planet Pluto.
Easter egg
{
EelooSrfLanded = There appears to be a teneous atmospheric coating around the planet. But it is too thin to affect any spacecraft landing here.
}
So it seemed like there's a very thin but otherwise non-measurable atmosphere around Eeloo.Reference Frames
| Time warp | Minimum Altitude |
|---|---|
| 1× | Any |
| 5× | 4 000 m |
| 10× | 4 000 m |
| 50× | 20 000 m |
| 100× | 30 000 m |
| 1 000× | 40 000 m |
| 10 000× | 70 000 m |
| 100 000× | 150 000 m |
Gallery
A small probe on Eeloo.
Sunset on Eeloo.
A topographic height map of Eeloo as of version 0.18.2, made with the ISA MapSat plugin.
A probe on Eeloo near midday.
A successful landing party on Eeloo.
A crew of very brave kerbonauts and a rover on the surface of Eeloo at sunset.
A mid-size interplanetary spaceship orbiting Eeloo at a distance of around 250 km.
Note the relatively flat topography and complete lack of ground scatter.
Notes
- ↑ http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/35829-Eeloo-Discussion!?p=398040&viewfull=1#post398040 [Broken Link]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Post in the forum by NovaSilisko
- ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/150d8j/ksp_new_planet_for_182_devs_christmas_gift_eeloo/c7icr7o?context=3 by NovaSilisko
Changes
- Added biomes
- Added biomes
- Initial release
