What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-1170 b
weight
≈ 1.10 g
sun
8.6× wider
sky
amber-orange

Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.

Sub-Neptune

Kepler-1170 b

Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.

Kepler-1170
host star
2.41 R⊕
radius
6.39 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
10.0 days
orbital period
432°C (809°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.10 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
10.0 days
one year, in Earth time
8.6× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.9×
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 · 3,426 ly away
Jet airliner
4.1 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
5.3 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
3,426 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
3 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-1170 b is 2.4× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-1170
5069 K host star · 1 planet
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Sibling worlds in this system

No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.

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 16.2
ConstellationCygnus
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-1170 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.