What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-1049 b
- weight
- ≈ 0.90 g
- sun
- 14.0× wider
- sky
- deep orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Rocky world
Kepler-1049 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-1049 →
host star
0.95 R⊕
radius
0.81 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
3.3 days
orbital period
352°C (665°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.90 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
3.3 days
one year, in Earth time
14.0× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
deep orange
midday sky tint
1.1×
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 · 528 ly away
Jet airliner
634 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
824,085 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
528 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
193 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-1049 bRocky world
PlanetKepler-186 bsimilar world
SystemKepler-29623 ly
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
Host star
Kepler-1049
3864 K host star · 1 planet
Sibling worlds in this system
No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.
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
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 14.7
ConstellationCygnus →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-1049 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.