What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-20 b
weight
3.09 g
sun
20.0× wider
sky
warm white

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

Sub-Neptune

Kepler-20 b

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

Kepler-20
host star
1.77 R⊕
radius
9.70 M⊕
mass · measured
3.7 days
orbital period
914°C (1677°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
3.09 g
your weight (measured mass)
3.7 days
one year, in Earth time
20.0× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.3×
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 · 922 ly away
Jet airliner
1.1 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
1.4 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
922 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
336 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-20 b is 1.8× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Binary system
Kepler-20
5495 K host star · 6 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 12.6
ConstellationLyra
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-20 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.