Gannovar

Name: Gannovar

Discovery (Mesbin): Radial Velocity

Designation: Kaywell Be

Desciprtion: It took a fairly long time to find Gannovar, since its orbital alignment was poorly suited to observing it directly. It was detected first by observing that Gememma had an unexplained periodic wobble that was very strong for a few hours, and then became weaker for several days afterwards. This turned out to be due to the presence of a major planet in an eccentric orbit. The planet has since been resolved as a bright, reflective planet. Given that it spends much of its time far from Gememma, it could plausibly be ice, however the ice would melt or boil whenever Gannovar passes near periapsis. This could mean that Gannovar has transient surface oceans!

Physical Properties

• Radius = 497,000 meters. 0.078 Earth radii. 0.8283 Kerbin radii.
• Mass = 1.744×10^22 kg. 0.00292 Earth masses. 0.3296 Kerbin masses.
• Surface Gravity = 0.48 gee
• Albedo = 0.68
• Rotation Period = 247407.12666 seconds (68 hours, 43 minutes, 27.12666 seconds)

Orbital Properties

• Parent Body: Gememma
• Semi-Major Axis: 1,184,758,210 meters (0.0792 kau)
• Orbital Period: 618517.81665 seconds (171 hours, 48 minutes, 37.81665 seconds; 5:7 spin:orbit resonance)
• Eccentricity = 0.57
• Inclination = 2.4°
• Mean Anomaly At Epoch = 180°
• Argument of Periapsis = 274°
• Longitude of Ascending Node = 0°

Atmospheric Properties

Gannovar's atmosphere is about as oxygenated as Kerbin's, and is also very humid when warm.

Compostion:

• Nitrogen 87%
• Oxygen 11.5%
• Water Vapor 0.5%
• Argon 1%

Other:

• Pressure: 1.74atm
• Greenhouse Effect: 24.076 Celsius
• Temperature ASL: Greatly varies.
• Atmosphere Limit: 120,000m