What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-106 b
- weight
- 7.88 g
- sun
- 16.0× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Rocky world
Kepler-106 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-106 →
host star
0.82 R⊕
radius
5.30 M⊕
mass · measured
6.2 days
orbital period
748°C (1378°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
7.88 g
your weight (measured mass)
6.2 days
one year, in Earth time
16.0× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.1×
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 · 1,449 ly away
Jet airliner
1.7 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.3 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,449 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
1 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-106
5858 K host star · 4 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
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-106 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.