What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-234 b
- weight
- ≈ 0.96 g
- sun
- 27.7× wider
- sky
- bright white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
Kepler-234 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-234 →
host star
3.70 R⊕
radius
13.20 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
2.7 days
orbital period
1147°C (2096°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.96 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · mass estimated from size)
2.7 days
one year, in Earth time
27.7× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
bright white
midday sky tint
1.0×
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 · 5,653 ly away
Jet airliner
6.8 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
8.8 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
5,653 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
6 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-234
6224 K host star · 2 planets
Sibling worlds in this system
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
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 15.7
ConstellationLyra →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-234 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.