What it’s like to stand here
K2-168 b
- weight
- ≈ 1.19 g
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
K2-168 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
K2-168 →
host star
1.86 R⊕
radius
4.12 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
16 days
orbital period
493°C (920°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.19 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
16 days
one year, in Earth time
–
sun size, needs orbit
warm white
midday sky tint
0.8×
how high you could jump vs Earth
–
rotation unknown
How long to get there · 796 ly away
Jet airliner
954 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.2 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
796 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
290 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
K2-168
5503 K host star · 2 planets
Sibling worlds in this system
Nearby star systems
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
Can you see it tonight? · observe
SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from K2-168 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.