What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-22 b
- weight
- 2.06 g
- sun
- about the same
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Sub-Neptune · likely temperate
Kepler-22 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
What it's like to stand here
2.06 g
your weight (measured mass)
290 days
one year, in Earth time
about the same
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
0.5×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 635 ly away
Jet airliner
761 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
990,097 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
635 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
232 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-22 bSub-Neptune
PlanetKepler-1606 bsimilar world
SystemKepler-194814 ly
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
Host star
Kepler-22
G5 V · 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-22 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.