What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-1163 b
- weight
- ≈ 1.02 g
- sun
- 19.6× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Rocky world
Kepler-1163 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-1163 →
host star
1.03 R⊕
radius
1.08 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
6.1 days
orbital period
938°C (1720°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.02 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
6.1 days
one year, in Earth time
19.6× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
1.0×
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 · 1,561 ly away
Jet airliner
1.9 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.4 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,561 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-1163 bRocky world
PlanetKepler-381 dsimilar world
SystemKepler-99740 ly
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
Host star
Kepler-1163
6302 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
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-1163 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.