What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-100 b
- weight
- 2.23 g
- sun
- 20.6× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Rocky world
Kepler-100 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-100 →
host star
1.34 R⊕
radius
4.01 M⊕
mass · measured
6.9 days
orbital period
882°C (1619°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
2.23 g
your weight (measured mass)
6.9 days
one year, in Earth time
20.6× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.4×
how high you could jump vs Earth
likely
likely tidally locked: probably eternal day on one side, night on the other
How long to get there · 994 ly away
Jet airliner
1.2 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.5 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
994 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
363 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-100
5825 K host star · 4 planets
Sibling worlds in this system
Nearby star systems
Similar worlds (size · gravity · star)
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 Kepler-100 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.