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| − | '''Dres''' is the fifth planet in the [[Kerbol]] star system. It is located between [[Duna]] and [[Jool]] in a somewhat eccentric and inclined orbit. It is considered to be the [[w:Ceres_(dwarf_planet)|Ceres]] analog for the game. It is similar to [[Moho]] and [[Eeloo]] in that it has no [[atmosphere]] and no natural satellites (aside from a ring system of asteroids). Dres has the least gravity of any planet in the Kerbol system. Dres is considered a dwarf planet by the game because it has not "cleared its neighborhood"; in other terms, it has asteroids in close proximity.
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| − | == In-game Description ==
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| − | |Dres is a very small planet. It was the first planet considered to be a dwarf. Its orbit is highly irregular and, together with its size, it took a long time to discover since half the time it was not where scientists expected to find a planet. <br><br> Due to its nature of frequenting the bad parts of space, this dwarf planet was officially labeled as Not to be trusted by the scientific community.
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| − | |[[Kerbal Astronomical Society]]}}
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| − | == Geography ==
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| − | The surface of Dres appears light grey and is rocky and uneven, similar to that of [[Mun]], with a surface covered in [[w:Regolith|regolith]] rubble. Unlike Mün, Dres has large patches of what appears to be ice. The highest points are just under 5.7 km in altitude. One notable geographic feature is a canyon just south of the equator, which is several kilometers deep.
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| − | ===Cratering===
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| − | The surface of Dres has several craters. However, unlike other planetary bodies, none are very prominent, the largest being slightly under 13 km in diameter.
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| − | In total, 42 craters have been positively identified. Another 5 are still waiting for confirmation. The spreading of the craters is biased to the western, particularly the northwestern, hemisphere of Dres.
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| − | ! Quadrant !! No. of craters (%) !! No. of Craters
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| − | | North-East || 19.0% || 8
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| − | | South-East || 7.5% || 4
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| − | | North-West || 42.9% || 18
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| − | | South-West || 28.6% || 12
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| − | | Total || 100% || 42
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| − | == Biomes ==
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| − | Dres has 8 [[biome]]s.
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| − | ==== Biome list ====
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| − | {{Biome list|
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| − | * Poles
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| − | * Highlands
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| − | * Midlands
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| − | * Lowlands
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| − | * Ridges
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| − | * Impact [[w:Ejecta|Ejecta]]
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| − | * Impact Craters
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| − | * Canyons}}
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| − | == Interplanetary travel ==
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| − | From a 12 km Dres escape trajectory, the requirements for attaining an intercept trajectory of other celestials are:
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| − | !Body
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| − | !Delta-V<ref>[http://www.dcl.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/home/feinbube/web/stealth/KSPDeltaVMap/ KSP Delta V Planner]</ref>
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| − | !Phase Angle<ref>[http://ksp.olex.biz/ Transfer calculator]</ref>
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| − | | [[Kerbol]]<ref group="n">610 km orbit</ref>
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| − | |align="right"| ~5730 m/s
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| − | |align="right"| N/A
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| − | | [[Moho]]
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| − | |align="right"| ~1510 m/s
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| − | |align="right"| -30º
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| − | | [[Eve]]
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| − | |align="right"| ~770 m/s
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| − | |align="right"| -205º
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| − | | [[Kerbin]]
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| − | |align="right"| ~670 m/s
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| − | |align="right"| -330º
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| − | | [[Duna]]
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| − | |align="right"| ~530 m/s
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| − | |align="right"| -146º
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| − | | [[Jool]]
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| − | |align="right"| ~410 m/s
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| − | |align="right"| 52º
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| − | | [[Eeloo]]
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| − | |align="right"| ~580 m/s
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| − | |align="right"| 69º
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| − | <references group="n"/>
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| − | == Reference Frames ==
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| − | {{:Dres/RefFrame}}
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| − | == Gallery ==
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| − | {{Main article|Category:Images of Dres}}
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| − | <gallery>
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| − | Dres surface.png | A lander with three kerbonauts landed at Dres.
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| − | Dres_Topo_0-5669.4m.jpg | A topographical projection map of Dres; accurate as of [[0.18]].
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| − | Dres_map_800.gif | A topographical height map of Dres as of {{version|0.18.1}}; made with the ISA MapSat plugin.
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| − | Bob_in_dres_canyon.png | Bob Kerman at the bottom of the big canyon roughly 3 kilometers below the actual lander.
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| − | Sunrise_over_dres_canyon.png | A beautiful sunrise over the big canyon.
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | == Changes ==
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| − | ;[[1.0]]
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| − | *Added "Dres-teroid" belt (will appear randomly after achieving a flyby)
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| − | ;[[0.90]]
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| − | * Added biomes
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| − | ;[[0.18]]
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| − | * Initial Release
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| − | == Trivia ==
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| − | *Dres was the subject of a Kerbal meme referring to the status of Dres as an interesting place or a boring place.
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| − | **KSP Youtuber Felsmak created a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GXFzMnCWBs youtube video] about how Dres is boring.
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| − | **Felsmak later made a video about how [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n1l8_a-gU0 Dres is a hoax]. This was a parody of the Bielefeld Conspiracy, not a serious video.
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| − | **This had led some forumers to start the Dres Appreciation thread, and others to fight back.
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| − | **That led to a flame war which essentially bled into unrelated forum posts.
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| − | **Felsmak closed the thread on his Dres Hoax video, stating that "This Dres meme has gotten kinda spammy now, it seems, and I don't really want to encourage it any further."
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| − | *According to the International Astronautical Union, Dres would be considered a planet as it does not share an orbit with any other objects.
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| − | *The Dres-teroid belt is not an analogue of the asteroid belt, but rather a diffuse ring of debris orbiting Dres. This means that Dres actually has an unknown and variable amount of natural satellites.
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| − | **This technically means that Dres has the most moons in the solar system.
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| − | *Dres, Vall, Eeloo, and Moho are the only bodies in the solar system that are colored completely using a PQSMod_HeightColorMap. (Colors are based purely on the terrain height)
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| − | == Notes ==
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| − | <references />
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| − | {{Celestial Bodies}}
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| − | [[Category:Celestials]]
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| − | [[Category:Planets]]
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| − | [[Category:Dwarf planets]]
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