Difference between revisions of "Minmus"

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Minmus is a small moon of Kerbin, and only available in version 0.15 and higher. From the surface of Kerbin, it is a purple speck. Up close, it is gray-green in appearance with what seem to be icy buttes, large hills, and frozen lakes. The tallest mountains are likely 3000+ m high. It is possible to land on Minmus.

Characteristics

• Equatorial Radius: 60 km

• Mass: 4.234e19 kg

• Density: 46.79 g/cm^3

• Surface Gravity: 0.785 m/s^2 or 0.080 g

• Gravitational parameter: 2.825505 km^3/s^2[[1]]

• Escape velocity from surface: 306.89 m/s

• Rotation Period: ? hours; Rotation: ? degrees per hour, or ~0.35 m/s (believed to be tidally locked to Kerbin)

• Axial Tilt/Obliquity: ?°

• Theoretical(?) Synchronous Orbit altitude: ? m; Stationary Orbit velocity: ? m/s

Note, this Stationary orbit cannot actually be achieved, as any satellite or vessel attempting to achieve this orbit will be re-captured by Kerbin.

Orbital Characteristics

• Parent Body: Kerbin

• Semi-Major Axis: 47000 km

• Velocity: 274.1 m/s

• Inclination: 15°

• Orbital Period: 12 days, 11 hours, 16 minutes, 19 seconds

• Sphere of influence: ~ 2,713 km or 45 body radii

Reference Frames

Rotational/Inertial transition: 5,000 m

See Also

• Universe
• Star
• Moon
• Asteroid
• Mun