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'''Gilly''' is a tiny asteroid and the only [[w:natural satellite|natural satellite]] of [[Eve]]. Gilly is the smallest celestial body in the [[Kerbol]] system. Landing on Gilly is challenging due to its very low mass, steep slopes, and highly eccentric orbit.
 
'''Gilly''' is a tiny asteroid and the only [[w:natural satellite|natural satellite]] of [[Eve]]. Gilly is the smallest celestial body in the [[Kerbol]] system. Landing on Gilly is challenging due to its very low mass, steep slopes, and highly eccentric orbit.
  
Gilly has the second least gravity of any body in the kerbol system following Jool's moon Pol due to its small mass and size. A kerbal can jump over 1000 feet on this moon. Gilly's gravity makes it ideal for very low fuel interplanetary missions. Gilly also has an irregular orbit, so catching the moon is a tidbit harder.
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Gilly has the second least gravity of any body in the Kerbol system following Jool's moon Pol due to its small mass and size. A Kerbal can jump over 1000 feet on this moon. Gilly's gravity makes it ideal for very low fuel interplanetary missions. Gilly also has an irregular orbit, so catching the moon is a tad harder.
  
 
An unplanned encounter with Gilly is unlikely when approaching Eve, even if player's trajectory is near the plane of Gilly's orbit. This is because Gilly's sphere of influence is very small relative to the semi-major axis of its orbit &mdash; in fact, no other moon in the game has a smaller SOI-to-semi-major-axis ratio.<!--
 
An unplanned encounter with Gilly is unlikely when approaching Eve, even if player's trajectory is near the plane of Gilly's orbit. This is because Gilly's sphere of influence is very small relative to the semi-major axis of its orbit &mdash; in fact, no other moon in the game has a smaller SOI-to-semi-major-axis ratio.<!--
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Gilly was once even more dangerous to land on due to a noclip bug [[w:polygon mesh|collision mesh]]. This problem was fixed in {{version|0.17.1}}.
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Gilly was once even more dangerous to land on due to a clipping bug with the [[w:polygon mesh|collision mesh]]. This problem was fixed in {{version|0.17.1}}.
  
 
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[[File:Gilly ISA Topo.png|thumb|right|The topographic map of Gilly.]]The surface of Gilly is extremely dynamic and uneven, with many steep slopes, and smooth areas. Gilly is very low in gravitation force, in fact, it is the second from first body, (first being [[Pol]]) to have such a very low gravitational force. Gilly is also rich in solid carbon, making it grey in colour. It also has very high hills, and no craters as we speak. It does not have an atmosphere, nor does it have any reason to due to its mass and gravitational force.
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[[File:Gilly ISA Topo.png|thumb|right|The topographic map of Gilly.]]The surface of Gilly is extremely dynamic and uneven, with many steep slopes and smooth areas. Gilly has the second lowest mass and gravitational force in the Kerbol system, only being slightly more massive than Jool's moon [[Pol]]). Due to its minuscule mass and gravitational force, it does not have an atmosphere. Gilly is also rich in solid carbon, making it grey in colour.
 
 
 
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Revision as of 01:35, 15 December 2012


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Gilly is a tiny asteroid and the only natural satellite of Eve. Gilly is the smallest celestial body in the Kerbol system. Landing on Gilly is challenging due to its very low mass, steep slopes, and highly eccentric orbit.

Gilly has the second least gravity of any body in the Kerbol system following Jool's moon Pol due to its small mass and size. A Kerbal can jump over 1000 feet on this moon. Gilly's gravity makes it ideal for very low fuel interplanetary missions. Gilly also has an irregular orbit, so catching the moon is a tad harder.

An unplanned encounter with Gilly is unlikely when approaching Eve, even if player's trajectory is near the plane of Gilly's orbit. This is because Gilly's sphere of influence is very small relative to the semi-major axis of its orbit — in fact, no other moon in the game has a smaller SOI-to-semi-major-axis ratio.

Gilly was once even more dangerous to land on due to a clipping bug with the collision mesh. This problem was fixed in version 0.17.1.

Topography

The topographic map of Gilly.
The surface of Gilly is extremely dynamic and uneven, with many steep slopes and smooth areas. Gilly has the second lowest mass and gravitational force in the Kerbol system, only being slightly more massive than Jool's moon Pol). Due to its minuscule mass and gravitational force, it does not have an atmosphere. Gilly is also rich in solid carbon, making it grey in colour.

Reference Frames

Warp 5x, 10x 50x 100x 1000x 10,000x 100,000x
Minimum altitude 8 km 20 km 40 km 80 km 100 km  ? km

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Changes

0.17.1
  • Fixed terrain collision detection issues.
0.17
  • Initial Release