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== Atmosphere ==
 
== Atmosphere ==
[[File:JoolAtmosphere.png|thumb|Aerobraking in Jool's atmosphere, with 2 moons visible over the horizon.]]
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[[File:JoolAtmosphere.png|thumb|Aerobraking in Jool's atmosphere, with [[Laythe]] and [[Vall]] visible over the horizon.]]
 
Although Jool has a radius 10x bigger than Kerbin, its 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.
 
Although Jool has a radius 10x bigger than Kerbin, its 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.
  

Revision as of 16:55, 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

Aerobraking in Jool's atmosphere, with Laythe and Vall visible over the horizon.

Although Jool has a radius 10x bigger than Kerbin, its 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

The ocean moon Laythe, about to eclipse Jool.

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.