What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-220 b
weight
≈ 0.70 g
sun
14.5× wider
sky
amber-orange

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

Rocky world

Kepler-220 b

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

Kepler-220
host star
0.81 R⊕
radius
0.46 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
4.2 days
orbital period
486°C (907°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.70 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
4.2 days
one year, in Earth time
14.5× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
1.4×
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 · 558 ly away
Jet airliner
669 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
870,390 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
558 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: survives
Warp 10
204 days
arrives thriving
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-220 b is 1.2× narrower than Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-220
4632 K host star · 4 planets
Explore →

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 13.0
ConstellationCygnus
To see the host star8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-220 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.