What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-126 d
- weight
- ≥ 8.73 g
- sun
- 3.0× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune
Kepler-126 d
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-126 →
host star
2.50 R⊕
radius
54.59 M⊕
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
100 days
orbital period
202°C (395°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≥ 8.73 g
your weight (minimum mass only)
100 days
one year, in Earth time
3.0× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
0.1×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 774 ly away
Jet airliner
929 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.2 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
774 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
283 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-126
6239 K host star · 3 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-126 d's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.