What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-1976 b
sun
19.1× wider
sky
warm white

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

Gas giant

Kepler-1976 b

Transit Timing Variations: inferred from the gravitational tug it puts on a sibling planet’s transit timing.

Kepler-1976
host star
12.21 R⊕
radius
mass · minimum (m·sin i)
5.0 days
orbital period
830°C (1526°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
gravity, needs mass + radius
5.0 days
one year, in Earth time
19.1× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
jump, needs gravity
likely
likely tidally locked: probably eternal day on one side, night on the other
How long to get there · 4,287 ly away
Jet airliner
5.1 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
6.7 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
4,287 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
4 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-1976 b is 12× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-1976
5712 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 15.4
ConstellationCygnus
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-1976 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.