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'''Tylo''' is one of the four [[moon]]s of [[Jool]].  It has a rocky surface.  It is extremely challenging to land on because it possesses a similar gravity well to [[Kerbin]] itself, while lacking the benefit of an atmosphere to brake in. Having a spacecraft orbiting very close to the surface can give you orbit periods of about 29 minutes going about 2,170 m/s.
 
'''Tylo''' is one of the four [[moon]]s of [[Jool]].  It has a rocky surface.  It is extremely challenging to land on because it possesses a similar gravity well to [[Kerbin]] itself, while lacking the benefit of an atmosphere to brake in. Having a spacecraft orbiting very close to the surface can give you orbit periods of about 29 minutes going about 2,170 m/s.
  
== Topography ==
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== Topographie ==
Tylo is a large rocky moon of Jool. It has a varying elevation between 0 meters (Tylo baseline height) and peaks of more than 11290 meters.  
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Tylo est un satellite des quatre satellites naturelle de Jool. It has a varying elevation between 0 meters (Tylo baseline height) and peaks of more than 11290 meters.  
Tylo shows signs of many large asteroid impacts.  
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Tylo à de nombreux signe de crash de météore.  
 
Due to the coloring of the surface of Tylo, it is likely that it is covered in a rhyolite layer of rock and dust, spread by meteorite impacts.
 
Due to the coloring of the surface of Tylo, it is likely that it is covered in a rhyolite layer of rock and dust, spread by meteorite impacts.
 
Although very large in comparison to other moons, it is unlikely that it is a captured planet. For a planet of this size, Jool would have to be much larger and denser to produce a large and strong enough gravitational well.
 
Although very large in comparison to other moons, it is unlikely that it is a captured planet. For a planet of this size, Jool would have to be much larger and denser to produce a large and strong enough gravitational well.

Revision as of 16:14, 9 November 2012

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Tylo is one of the four moons of Jool. It has a rocky surface. It is extremely challenging to land on because it possesses a similar gravity well to Kerbin itself, while lacking the benefit of an atmosphere to brake in. Having a spacecraft orbiting very close to the surface can give you orbit periods of about 29 minutes going about 2,170 m/s.

Topographie

Tylo est un satellite des quatre satellites naturelle de Jool. It has a varying elevation between 0 meters (Tylo baseline height) and peaks of more than 11290 meters. Tylo à de nombreux signe de crash de météore. Due to the coloring of the surface of Tylo, it is likely that it is covered in a rhyolite layer of rock and dust, spread by meteorite impacts. Although very large in comparison to other moons, it is unlikely that it is a captured planet. For a planet of this size, Jool would have to be much larger and denser to produce a large and strong enough gravitational well.

Reference Frames

Rotational/Inertial transition: ~10,000 km

Warp Minimum Altitude
1x 0 m
5x 30,000 m
10x 30,000 m
50x 60,000 m
100x 120,000 m
1,000x 240,000 m
10,000x 480,000 m
100,000x 600,000 m

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