What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-198 d
weight
≈ 1.26 g
sun
39.3× wider
sky
warm white

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

Rocky world

Kepler-198 d

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

Kepler-198
host star
1.53 R⊕
radius
2.96 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
1.3 days
orbital period
1289°C (2352°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.26 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
1.3 days
one year, in Earth time
39.3× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.8×
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 · 1,616 ly away
Jet airliner
1.9 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.5 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,616 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-198 d is 1.5× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-198
5574 K host star · 3 planets
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Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.

Can you see it tonight? · observe
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 13.7
ConstellationLyra
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-198 d's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.