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* According to the Tracking Station information of Vall, it was one of the last moons of Jool to be discovered. This was because the Kerbal astronomers mistook the icy moon for a smudge. After multiple failed attempts to get rid of the "smudge", they figured out it was in fact, a moon.
 
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Revision as of 22:45, 5 September 2013

Vall/Data

Vall is one of the five natural satellites of Jool. Like the other large Joolian moons, Vall is tidally locked. Synchronus orbits around Vall are not possible, as they would lie outside of its SOI, at a radius of 3,893,254 meters.

Vall is KSPs analog to Jupiter's moon Europa.

Landing on Vall and returning is significantly more challenging than the Mün. It lacks atmosphere but has a higher gravity and more uneven terrain, so a larger rocket is required.

Topology

It has an icy surface which is dominated by hilly lowland areas separated by mountain ridges, ranging in elevation from 0 m to 7976 m. There are almost no completely level areas, making it hard to find good landing spots.

Vall has some circular mountain ridges which could be remnants of impact craters, but they are heavily eroded, hinting that Vall has some geological activity, pressumably in form of cryovolcanism.

The surface color ranges between white and light-blue. When terrain scatters are activated, large boulders with contrast-rich black and white surface patterns can be found on the surface.

Reference Frames

Time warp Minimum Altitude
Any
5× 24 500 m
10× 24 500 m
50× 24 500 m
100× 40 000 m
1 000× 60 000 m
10 000× 80 000 m
100 000× 100 000 m

Gallery

Trivia

  • According to the Tracking Station information of Vall, it was one of the last moons of Jool to be discovered. This was because the Kerbal astronomers mistook the icy moon for a smudge. After multiple failed attempts to get rid of the "smudge", they figured out it was in fact, a moon.

Changes

0.17
  • Initial Release