What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-1442 b
- weight
- ≈ 0.95 g
- sun
- 3.5× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
Kepler-1442 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-1442 →
host star
3.93 R⊕
radius
14.70 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
81 days
orbital period
249°C (480°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.95 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · mass estimated from size)
81 days
one year, in Earth time
3.5× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
1.1×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 1,985 ly away
Jet airliner
2.4 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
3.1 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,985 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-1442 bIce / gas giant
PlanetHD 28109 csimilar world
SystemKepler-16646 ly
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
Host star
Kepler-1442
6394 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
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Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-1442 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.