Kerbin
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?
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.
Rational Resources Classification:
Ocean | Surface | Atmosphere | Exosphere |
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Terra | Terra | Terra* | None |
*Terra atmosphere template contains an exosphere template.
From the PDF included in the download:
Bulk Params | Orbital and Rotational Params | ||
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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 | 0° |
Surface gravity | 1 g ASL (9.80665 m/s2) | Longitude of ascending node | 0° |
Escape velocity | 5,602 m/s | Argument of periapsis | 0° |
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 | |
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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 |