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Kerbin

Description

A wondrous green and blue world, Kerbin is the only planet known to have given rise to life forms capable of more than instinctive action. Now these life forms, calling themselves Kerbals, seek to depart their nest and set foot in the deep. Half of the grand challenge ahead of them is just getting into orbit. Will they make it?

Trivia

Kerbin possesses "7 seas" permissive to circumnavigation challenges. It also carries 12 hour days and 365 days a year, allowing for hassle-free calendar simulations/operations. Its atmosphere produces more shock heating than stock Kerbin, making heatshields more necessary and making the Deadly Reentry mod less necessary. Its Rational Resources atmosphere template encourages deployment of orbital mining stations near the atmosphere edge. Likewise, several other worlds will provide this encouragement.

RR

Rational Resources Classification:

Ocean Surface Atmosphere Exosphere
Terra Terra Terra* None

*Terra atmosphere template contains an exosphere template.

Specs

From the PDF included in the download:

Bulk Params Orbital and Rotational Params
Classification Planet, Terestrial Semi-major Axis 37,525,648 km (1 AU)
Radius 1,600 km sea level, 1,600.4 km mean Perihelion 36,775,135 km
Mass 3.76157×1023 kg Aphelion 38,276,161 km
Gravitational Parameter 2.51050×1013 m3/s2 Orbit eccentricity 0.02
Mean density 21,910 kg/m3 Orbit inclination
Surface gravity 1 g ASL (9.80665 m/s2) Longitude of ascending node
Escape velocity 5,602 m/s Argument of periapsis
Bond Albedo 0.3 Sidereal orbit period 365 days (1 year)
Solar irradiance 1,360 W/m2 Mean orbital velocity 14,953 m/s
Black-body temperature 254.5 K Sidereal rotation period 11.967 hours
Natural satellites Mun Solar day 12 hours (1 day)
Minmus Synchronous orbit altitude 8,968.11 km
Sphere of influence 231,588 km
Atmosphere
Overall height 85 km
Pressure 1 atm sea level (101.325 kPa)
Mean temperature 288 K sea level
Mean molecular weight 28.9644 g/mol
Composition 78.08% N2, 20.95% O2,0.93% Ar