What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-283 b
weight
≈ 1.14 g
sun
6.9× wider
sky
amber-orange

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

Sub-Neptune

Kepler-283 b

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

Kepler-283
host star
2.13 R⊕
radius
5.18 M⊕
mass · estimated from radius
11 days
orbital period
215°C (419°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
≈ 1.14 g
your weight (mass estimated from size)
11 days
one year, in Earth time
6.9× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
0.9×
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 · 1,527 ly away
Jet airliner
1.8 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
2.4 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
1,527 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
2 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
EarthKepler-283 b is 2.1× the width of Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-283
4351 K host star · 2 planets
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Sibling worlds in this system

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 16.2
ConstellationCygnus
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge

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Illustration generated from Kepler-283 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.