These factors make a mission to Moho quite challenging. Furthermore, its lack of atmosphere (for aerobraking) and moons (for gravity assists) make it difficult to stop upon reaching it. Moho has a slightly eccentric and inclined orbit, making it hard to reach. As of 0.18, it is no longer tidally locked to Kerbol. It is similar to Dres and Eeloo in that it has no atmosphere and no natural satellites. Moho is the innermost planet of the Kerbol star system and the Mercury analogue for Kerbal Space Program. For a semisynchronous orbit of ½ Eve day (11.25 hours or 40500 seconds) an orbit of 6275.676 km above Eve is needed with a velocity of 1082.2 m/s.(*All Info was Taken from '*) Gilly is currently the smallest celestial body in the Kerbal system.Ī synchronous orbit of Eve requires an altitude of 10373.195 km and a velocity of 858.95 m/s. These are also the velocities at which a ship should travel for a fuel-optimal ascent from Eve, given the game's model of atmospheric drag.Įve's only natural satellite is the tiny captured asteroid named Gilly in a highly eccentric and inclined orbit. The following table gives terminal velocities at different Eve altitudes. Try to stay on a height between 35 km and 25 km where the atmosphere generates enough lift to glide and steer, but not so much drag that it slows you down too much.Īs with version 0.17.1, an aerobraking maneuver arriving from Kerbin and resulting in to orbit around Eve - without using fuel for braking - can be done aiming for at periapsis at approximately 72,500 m.

Planes with other propulsion methods do however work very well in Eve's atmosphere and are a great way to explore the planet. Jet engines do not function in Eve's atmosphere, since it contains no oxygen - they make noise and consume fuel, but they produce no thrust. The atmosphere is possibly composed of iodine, given its purple coloration. In general, the atmospheric pressure on Eve at an altitude expressed in meters is:įrom within Eve's atmosphere, the sky appears indigo during nighttime. The atmosphere should be superheated due to the thick atmosphere trapping in heat, much like Venus. Its atmospheric pressure fades exponentially, with a scale height of 7000 m. Its tallest point is 6450 m above sea level and is just south of the equator, at 1.90° W, 11.86° S.Įve's atmosphere begins at 96,708.6 m and is extremely dense: at 11,250 m, it's as thick as Kerbin's atmosphere at sea level (1 atm), and at Eve sea level the atmospheric pressure is 5 atm. The land masses look like purple sand dunes. According to the devs during a livestream, it was joked that the lakes were made of rocket fuel. The composition of the liquid which fills the oceans and lakes is unknown, but it is unlikely to be water because the boiling point of water is slightly below the surface temperature, even when taking the high atmospheric pressure into account. It requires about 7000 m/s of vacuum delta-v to get into orbit from sea level.Įve is 1400 km in diameter, making it 200 km larger than Kerbin, and the largest terrestrial planet in the Kerbal solar system.Įve has several oceans and large, flat continents with a few mountain peaks. The combination of high gravity and thick atmosphere makes return missions from the sea level of Eve very difficult. Its thick atmosphere (much thicker than Kerbin) makes aerocaptures and landings easy, but makes a start from sea level even harder because most fuel will be wasted on overcoming atmospheric friction. The result is that it requires the most delta-v of any celestial body with a solid surface to escape from it. Having a similar size to Kerbin gives it a large gravity well. However, a slight inclination relative to Kerbin makes encounters slightly harder. Eve seems to be the real life analogue of Venus.Įve is the closest planet to Kerbin and the potentially the easiest to reach, requiring the least delta-v of any planet. It has one small moon, a captured asteroid called Gilly.

Eve is the second planet from Kerbol and is the second largest body orbiting it.

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