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== Atmosphere ==
 
== 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.
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Although Jool has a radius 10x bigger than Kerbin, it's atmosphere only begins roughly twice as high (140 km).  It is also extremely dense, well suited for aerobraking from a high-speed inter-planetary intercept.
  
 
== Natural Satellites ==
 
== Natural Satellites ==

Revision as of 14:25, 21 September 2012

Jool in 0.17.
Jool is a gas giant and the fifth planet of the Kerbolar star system.
A probe visiting the gas giant.

Characteristics

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Orbital Characteristics

Atmosphere

Although Jool has a radius 10x bigger than Kerbin, it's atmosphere only begins roughly twice as high (140 km). It is also extremely dense, well suited for aerobraking from a high-speed inter-planetary intercept.

Natural Satellites

Jool has four natural satellites: the ocean moon Laythe, the ice moon Vall, the rocky moon Tylo and Bop. Laythe, Vall, and Tylo are in a Laplace resonance, with orbital periods of 1:2:4 respectively.