What it’s like to stand here
Kepler-305 b
- weight
- 0.81 g
- sun
- 13.9× wider
- sky
- amber-orange
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Ice / gas giant
Kepler-305 b
Transit: spotted by the tiny, repeating dip in its star’s light each time the planet crosses in front of it.
Kepler-305 →
host star
3.60 R⊕
radius
10.50 M⊕
mass · measured
5.5 days
orbital period
563°C (1045°F)
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
0.81 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
5.5 days
one year, in Earth time
13.9× wider
how big its sun looks vs ours
amber-orange
midday sky tint
1.2×
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 · 2,833 ly away
Jet airliner
3.4 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
4.4 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
2,833 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
3 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Host star
Kepler-305
5090 K host star · 4 planets
Sibling worlds in this system
Nearby star systems
Similar worlds (size · gravity · star)
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 15.9
ConstellationCygnus →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from Kepler-305 b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.