What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-266 c
- weight
- ≈ 0.95 g
- sun
- 2.2× wider
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
Kepler-266 c
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-266 →
host star
3.89 R⊕
radius
14.40 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
108 days
orbital period
148°C (298°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 0.95 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · mass estimated from size)
108 days
one year, in Earth time
2.2× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
warm white
midday sky tint
1.1×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 4,471 ly away
Jet airliner
5.4 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
7.0 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
4,471 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
4 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Kepler-266 cIce / gas giant
PlanetKepler-266 bSub-Neptune
Planetpi Men dsimilar world
SystemKepler-302110 ly
Sky regionCygnusthis direction
Host star
Kepler-266
5885 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 15.8
ConstellationCygnus →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-266 c's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.